Math 544 - Topological Manifolds

Instructors
Lecturer: Prof. Judith M. Arms, arms@math.washington.edu, C-338 PDL, (206)543-9458, messages at (206)543-1150
Office hours: After class, F 10-12, whenever my office door is open, and by appointment.
TA: James Vargo, jvargo@math.washington.edu, C-18 PDL, messages at (206)543-1150
Office hours: Th 1:30-2:30 and by appointment. Often available on Tuesdays. During exam week: M 3-4, TuWTh 11-12, and by appointment.

Text: Draft of the second edition of Introduction to Topological Manifolds, by John M. Lee.
Spiral-bound copies may be purchased at Professional Copy 'N' Print, 4200 University Way NE. The first editions of this book and of the text for winter and spring, Lee's Introduction to Smooth Manifolds, are on reserve in the Mathematics Library (C-306 PDL).

Final exam as a pdf. Hard copies will be available at the last class (Friday, 12/7). Exam due by noon on Thursday, 12/13. Office hours during exam week: M 3-4, TuWTh 11-12, and by appointment.

Click on the links below for more useful information.

• General information about Math 544/5/6: course overview, prerequisites.
• Homework guidelines and course grade information.
• Homework assignments.
• Corrections to the text. Please report all suspected errors, and any ideas you have for improving the text.
• Notes, including all handouts, selected homework solutions, and any other notes I want to provide.
• Jack Lee's annotated "Suggestions for further reading" ps, pdf. Items 5 and 8, and Michael Spivak's five volume "A comprehensive introduction to differential geometry" are on reserve in the Mathematics Library (C-306 PDL).
• Other interesting geometry/topology sites:
  ACME Klein Bottle Company
  A "Virtual Math Museum"
  "Outside In", a video showing how to turn the sphere inside out in three space with self-intersections. The Math Library also has a copy of this video that you can check out.
  Knitting mathematical models
  

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