Math 443 Algebraic Topology

Spring, 2005

Instructor Information
Instructor: Office Hours: Email:
Doug Ravenel Hylan 918
Phone: 275-9421
TBA
 doug (at) math.rochester.edu

Class Meetings
CRN  Time  Place 
62084

MWF 1:00-1:50

 Hylan 1101 

Links
Allen Hatcher's book Algebraic Topology
A Concise Course in Algebraic Topology by J. Peter May
Algebraic Topology by Marvin J. Greenberg, J. R. Harper
Algebraic Topology: An Introduction by William S. Massey
Ran Levi's Geometric Topology course
Neil Strickland's Algebraic Topology course
The seven bridges of Königsberg
Platonic solids and Euler's number
Seventeen Proofs of Euler's Formula: V-E+F=2 
A Proof of Euler's Formula
THE MÖBIUS BAND
THE KLEIN BOTTLE
Boy's Surface (animation)
Math That Makes You Go Wow 
A Multi-Disciplinary Exploration of Non-Orientable Surfaces
The Hopf fibration 
Three and four dimensional polyhedra

Handouts

(you will need Adobe Acrobat or a 
dvi driver to read some of these)


J. Frank Adams 1930-1989

 

Leonhard Euler 1707-1783
Click here for more pictures . 
Euler is also depicted on the 
Swiss 10 franc note . 

 

Jules Henri Poincaré 1854-1912
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Solomon Lefschetz 1884-1972

Norman Earl Steenrod 1910-1971

Samuel Eilenberg 1913-1998

 
 
 
 
 
 

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