MAT 364, Topology and Geometry
Fall 2002
This is a broadly based introduction to Topology and Geometry,
mathematical subjects that are intrinsically beautiful and have
applications ranging from Architecture
to modern Particle Physics. The course will touch on a wide variety
of topics in order to convey the spirit and beauty of the field.
Lecturer:
Saeed Zakeri
Office: Math 4-114, Tel. 2-8276.
Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00-4:30 pm
Email: zakeri@math.sunysb.edu
Announcements:
- 12/26/2002: You can check your letter grade by viewing your record
at the SOLAR system. If you wish to know your MAT 364 detailed record,
send me an email.
- 12/12/2002: I will be around most of the next week to answer your
Math 364 questions. If you need to see me, to avoid conflicts,
please email me and make an appointment.
- 12/11/2002: Some information on the
final exam is now available.
- 12/6/2002: Because of the snow storm, the due date of
homework 10 is changed to Monday 12/9.
- 11/9/2002: Some information on the
second midterm is now available. There will be no homework
this week.
- 11/6/2002: The second midterm will be on
Wednesday 11/13/2002, 12:40-2:00. Place to be announced. Check out this
page in the coming days for further details on the test.
- 11/2/2002: In problem 4 of homework 7, the middle diagram in the
first row was mistakenly flipped. It's been fixed now (thanks to
Chris Austin for pointing that out).
- 10/13/2002: Some information on the
first midterm is now available.
- 10/9/2002: The first midterm will be on
Wednesday 10/16/2002, 12:40-2:00. Place to be announced. Check out this
page in the coming days for further details on the test.
- 10/8/2002: The due date for homework 5 is changed to Friday 10/11.
- 9/28/2002: Good news for those of you who were unhappy with the
quality of the scanned homework solutions. They have been re-scanned
and stored in jpg format. The quality is superb now!
- 9/12/2002: There will be no class on 9/17;
the university will follow a Monday schedule on that day.
- 9/10/2002: To give you an idea how to approach problems 1 and 2 of
Homework 1, here is the solution to the pretzel problem
that I discussed in the beginning of today's lecture.
- 9/5/2002: Please note that as of today the class meets at
Physics P-124 instead of Javits 108.
General Information:
- Course prerequisite is MAT 203 or MAT 205 or AMS 261;
MAT 200 or permission of the instructor.
- Lecture class meetings are Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 12:50 to 2:10 pm in Physics P-124.
Basic Ground Rules:
- The course grade is based on homework (30%), two midterms (15% each),
and a final exam (40%).
- Homeworks will be posted on the web roughly every week; it is
an absolutely essential part of this course.
Late homework will never be accepted.
- You are encouraged to work in groups and discuss the assignments
with each other. But the work you hand in must be your own write up.
- If a midterm exam is missed because of a documented illness
or emergency, the course grade will be determined on the basis of the other
work done during the semester.
Exams missed for other reasons will count as failures.
Grading note: At the end of the semester, everyone who has
not withdrawn from the class will receive a grade.
Incompletes will not be given to avoid F's.
Saeed Zakeri
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