MAT 3153 Introduction to Topology

3 units
Mathematics
Faculty of Science
Sets, functions, countability. Topology of the real line and of Euclidean space, compactness and connectedness, continuous functions. An introduction to algebraic methods in topology: homotopies and the winding number of curves in the plane, the index of a vector field in the plane, or the classification of surfaces.

Components:

Lecture

Requirements:

Prerequisite: (MAT 2120, MAT 2121) or (MAT 2120, MAT 2322 ) or ( MAT 2122 , MAT 2125 ).

Previously Offered Terms:

Fall
Winter

French Equivalent:

Organized

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Clear Expectations

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Learned a Lot

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Recommend

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Workload

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Fair Assessments

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