Undergraduate Course: Topology (MATH10027)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary description | Course for final year students in Honours programmes in Mathematics.
Metric spaces. Topological spaces. Compactness, connectedness, path-connectedness. Identification spaces. Compact surfaces. Homotopy. Fundamental groups and their calculation. Covering spaces. |
| Course description |
Part 2
Part 1
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Test
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
100 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
See 'Breakdown of Assessment Methods' and 'Additional Notes', above. |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1. Familiarity with abstract arguments
2. Ability to argue in general and apply the ideas to specific examples
3. Knowledge about topology and its role in mathematics
4. Familiarity with results that need topological ideas in their proofs
5. The ability to calculate with generators and relations of groups
6. An ability to calculate some invariants of knots and link
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Gregory Giltrow-Tyler
Tel:
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Alison Fairgrieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 5045
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