Math 443 Algebraic Topology

Spring, 2008

Instructor Information

Instructor: Doug Ravenel
Office Hylan 819
Phone 5-4415
Email
Office hours TBA


Class Meetings
CRN  Time  Place 
59165

MWF 1:00

 Hylan 1101 
Additional time TBA
Links
Algebraic topology by Allan Hatcher, our textbook
Other books and courses on algebraic topology
  The seven bridges of Königsberg
  Platonic solids and Euler's number
  Stellations of Platonic solids 
  Nineteen Proofs of Euler's Formula: V-E+F=2 
  A Proof of Euler's Formula
  THE MÖBIUS BAND
  THE KLEIN BOTTLE
  Boy's surface 
  
 Math That Makes You Go Wow 
A Multi-Disciplinary Exploration of Non-Orientable Surfaces
Undergraduate math appreciation course at Yale, 1998.
The Hopf fibration
The discovery of this map by Heinz Hopf in 1930 marks the beginning of homotopy theory.
  
 Miscellany
Other cool links not in the above categories.
Some papers on Platonic surfaces.
Handouts (you will need Adobe Acrobat to read some of these)

Group project on Platonic surfaces


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
Click here for more pictures . 

Solomon Lefschetz 1884-1972

Heinz Hopf 1891-1971

Norman Earl Steenrod 1910-1971

Samuel Eilenberg 1913-1998

 
 
 
 
 
 

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