MATH538 ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGY II

Course Code:2360538
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week):3 (3.00 - 0.00)
ECTS Credit:8.0
Department:Mathematics
Language of Instruction:English
Level of Study:Graduate
Course Coordinator:Prof.Dr. MUSTAFA TURGUT ÖNDER
Offered Semester:Fall Semesters.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course the student will learn

  • the the definion and basic properties of singular cohomology groups of the the spaces,
  • the definition and basic properties of singular cohomology ring of spaces,
  • the homological definition of orientation on manifolds and Poincaré Duality,
  • the definition and basic properties of homotopy groups.

 


Course Content

Comohology groups, Universal Coefficient Theorem, comohology of spaces. Products in comohology, Kunneth formula. Poincare duality. Universal coefficient theorem for homology. Homotopy groups.


Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course the student will learn

  • the definion of singular cohomology groups and relative cohomology groups of a space,
  • Universal Coefficient Theorem for homology and cohomology,
  • long exact sequence, homotopy invariance,  excision for singular cohomology groups,
  • cellular cohomology,
  • the definition and basic properties of cup product and coholomogy ring of a space,
  • computation of cohomology rings of real projective space and some familiar spaces,
  • the homological definion of orientation on (topological) manifolds, fundamental class,
  • the definition of cap product; Poincaré Duality,
  • the definition of homotopy groups and basic constructions,
  • the definition and basic properties of relative homotopy groups and homotopy exact sequence of a pair.