Algebraic topology aims to capture essential features of topological spaces in terms of algebraic objects like groups and rings.

This course can be considered as a continuation of the "Introduction to Algebraic Topology" (Math 232) course, but can be taken independently as well. The only formal prerequisites are basic algebra, point-set topology, and the notion of the fundamental group of a topological space.

Topics shall include:

Homology: A review of simplicial homology, Singular homology, Excision, Mayer-Vietoris theorem, CW-complexes and Cellular homology, Classical Applications including the Jordan Curve Theorem.

Cohomology: Cohomology groups, Universal coefficient theorems, Cup products, Kunneth formula, Orientation on manifolds, Poincare duality, introduction to smooth manifolds and de Rham cohomology.

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