Postgraduate Course: Geometry & Topology 1 (MATH11104)

Course Outline
School	School of Mathematics	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	Only Postgraduate Taught students on Mathematics Degree Programmes and Undergraduate MMath Year 5 students may take this course, and selection requires the approval of the Programme Director. This course covers several fundamental topics in Geometry & Topology, providing a solid and broad foundation to the subject and its interactions with algebra and analysis. The course discusses the fundamental group and covering spaces, homology and studies differentiable manifolds.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Demonstrate knowledge of the applications of algebra to topology via the fundamental group and covering spaces. Thoroughly understand the applications of topology to the local and global geometry of manifolds.