Professor Alexandru I. Suciu
MATH 4565 · Topology
Spring 2010

* Course Information

Course MATH 4565 · Topology, Sec. 1, CRN 34950
Instructor Alex Suciu
Course Web Site    www.northeastern.edu/suciu/U565/utop.sp10.html
Time and Place Mon, Wed, Th 1:35pm-2:40pm, in West Village F, room 178
Office 435 LA – Lake Hall
Phone (617) 373-3899
Email a.suciu@neu.edu
Office Hours Mon, Wed 2:50pm-3:50pm in 441LA, or by appointment
Textbook Introduction to Topology: Pure and Applied, by Colin Adams and Robert Franzosa, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008
Grade Based on problem sets (50%), midterm exam (20%), and final exam (30%). It is expected that you will work on the problem sets together; however, they must be written up separately.

* Class Materials

Homework assignments

HMW Due date Sections Pages Problems
1 January 20 1.1, 1.2 28, 36–37 1.4, 1.5, 1.7; 1.11, 1.15, 1.19
2 February 1 1.3, 2.1 42–43, 59–60 1.27, 1.36, 1.37; 2.1 (b,c,e,h,i), 2.6, 2.8
3 February 11 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 81, 87, 95–96 3.6, 3.9; 3.15, 3.18; 3.23 (a), 3.24
4 February 25 3.3, 4.1 96, 120 3.28, 3.29, 4.6(b), 4.11, 4.13(a), 4.14
5 March 18 6.1, 6.2 176, 183 6.1, 6.4, 6.6, 6.7, 6.18, 6.20 (a-d)
6 April 1 6.3, 6.4 191, 196–197 6.32, 6.33, 6.39, 6.41, 6.46, 6.48
7 April 8 7.1, 7.2 212, 219, 225 7.1, 7.4, 7.5, 7.12, 7.16, 7.22

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Exams



Department of Mathematics  Office:  441 Lake Hall  Messages:  (617) 373-2450 
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Boston, MA, 02115  Email:  a.suciu@neu.edu Directions

Home Started:   December 17, 2009
Last modified:   April 19, 2010
URL:  www.northeastern.edu/suciu/U565/utop.sp10.html