MAT 541: Algebraic Topology
Stony Brook            Fall 2023 |
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The second paragraph of this gives a quick definition of pseudocycle. It is then shown that the group of pseudocycle equivalences and the Z homology are isomorphic as graded abelian groups. The pseudocycle groups can be readily endowed with a product. Show that it is isomorphic to the usual homology intersection product, preferably in the context of non-compact manifolds and BM homology. If you are interested in doing this project, please find someone else in the class to join you and discuss this with me. Depending on where you currently are in your graduate studies, this may be a great use of your time or not so great.
Date | Topic | Read | Suggested Problems |
08/29, Tu | Simplicial complexes | Sections 1-4 | HW1 note |
08/31, Th | CW complexes and homology | Section 38 | |
09/05, Tu | Simplicial homology | Sections 5,7,10 | HW2 |
09/07, Th | Homology of surfaces and cones | Sections 6,8 | |
09/12, Tu | Relative homology, Mayer-Vietoris | Sections 9,23-25 | HW3 |
09/14, Th | Homology pushforwards I | Sections 12,13,11 | |
09/19, Tu | Chain equivalences | Sections 13,46 | HW4 |
09/21, Th | Simplicial subdivisions | Sections 46,15,17 | |
09/26, Tu | Topological invariance | Sections 17,18 | HW5 |
09/28, Th | Homology pushforwards II | Sections 18,14 | |
10/03, Tu | Simplicial approximations | Sections 16,19,20 | HW6 |
10/05, Th | Applications and generalities | Sections 21,22,26-28 | |
10/12, Th | Singular homology | Sections 29,30 | HW7 |
10/17, Tu | Mayer-Vietoris and Excision | Sections 31-33 | HW8 |
10/19, Th | Singular vs. simplicial homology | Section 34 | |
10/24, Tu | Singular vs. CW homology | Sections 37-40 | HW9 |
10/26, Th | Invariance of domain | Section 36 | |
10/31, Tu | Cohomology of chain complexes | Sections 41,45,46 | HW10 |
11/02, Th | Cohomology of topological spaces | Sections 44,42,43 | |
11/07, Tu | Cohomology theory | Sections 44,47,48 | HW11 |
11/09, Th | Cup and cap products | Sections 66,50,51,57 | |
11/14, Tu | Kunneth formula for homology | Sections 54,58,55 | HW12 |
11/16, Th | Kunneth formula for cohomology | Sections 59,60 | |
11/21, Tu | Homological algebra wrapup | Sections 61,52,53 | HW13 |
11/28, Tu | Fundamental class of oriented manifold | MS pp270-275 | HW14 |
11/30, Th | Poincare Duality for oriented manifolds | MS pp276-279 | |
12/05, Tu | Some applications | Section 65,68 | HW15 |
12/07, Th | Computations on manifolds: an overview | MS Sections 9-11 |
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