Topology Qualifying Prep Seminar

This seminar will meet Mondays 3-4:20p and Wednesdays 9-10:20a via Zoom at the meeting code 965 3430 2781. Please email me for the password.

Exercises you should know Past Exams Topology Qualifying Exam Syllabus 2019 Topology Qual Prep Website Past Qual Committees

Course Material

Point-Set Topology

Dr Stefano Vidussi

Meeting 1

27 July 2020

Introductions, webpage, and expectations.

Recording

Meeting 3

3 August 2020

Discuss my solution to Worksheet 1 Question 2 and used the Meyer-Vietoris sequence to compute the homology of the 2-sphere.

Recording

Meeting 4

5 August 2020

A worksheet relating calculus and tangent spaces and vector fields.

Recording

Meeting 5

10 August 2020

Discuss some solutions to old qual problems having to do with the regular level set theorem.

Recording

Meeting 6

12 August 2020

A worksheet about van Kampen's theorem.

Forgot to record. Sorry!

Meeting 7

17 August 2020

Discussed how homework will work and went over some problems

Recording

Meeting 8

19 August 2020

Discussed solutions to Mock Exam #1.

Recording

Meeting 11

31 August 2020

A worksheet about CW complexes and cellular homology.

Recording

Meeting 12

2 September 2020

Discuss Homework #3.

Recording

No Meeting

7 September 2020

Labor Day holiday

No Meeting

9 September 2020

Scholar Strike is an action to disrupt the status quo of colleges and universities in order to "underscore the urgent importance of addressing racism and injustice in the United States."

Scholar Strike website
Scholar Strike YouTube Channel

Meeting 13

14 September 2020

Discuss Mock Exam #2

Recording

Meeting 14

16 September 2020

Discussed old qual problems.

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Meeting 15

21 September 2020

Discuss the Lie Bracket and related problems.

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Meeting 16

23 September 2020

Discuss old qual problems.

Recording