Homotopical Topology- Elective (MTH 242.5)

Venue: Chern Lecture Hall

Class Timings: 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM, Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays

First Meeting: 02 August 2022

Course description: This will be a course in algebraic topology, emphasizing the homotopy theoretic point of view. The main topics will be higher homotopy groups, homology and cohomology, characteristic classes, and spectral sequences.

References: 

1. Anatoly Fomenko and Dmitry Fuchs, Homotopical topology.
   
2. Allen Hatcher, Algebraic topology.
3. Peter May, A concise course in algebraic topology.