Dr. Bernd Kreußler

Algebraic Topology (lecture, 4+2)

Beginning:
29 October 1997
End:
21 February 1998
Contents:
I. CW Complexes
Attaching Cells
CW Complexes
First Properties of CW Complexes
Construction of CW Complexes
Cellular Approximation
II. Singular Homology
Free Abelian Groups
The Singular Homology Functor
First Properties of Homology
Homological Algebra (Long Exact Sequences)
Exactness Axiom
Chain Homotopy
Method of Acyclic Models
Homotopy Axiom
Excision
The Mayer-Vietoris Sequence
Applications
Eilenberg-Steenrod Axioms
Cellular Homology
Betti Numbers and Euler Characteristic
Tensor Product of Groups and Complexes
The Eilenberg-Zilber Theorem
Exactness of Tensor Products
Algebraic Künneth Theorem
Topological Künneth Theorem, Universal Coefficients
III. Cohomology, Products and Duality
The Fuctor Hom
Singular Cohomology
The Functor Ext
The Universal Coefficient Theorem for Cohomology
The Künneth Theorem in Cohomology
Products (cross, cup, slant, cap)
Relative Versions of the Products
Direct Limits
Orientation
Poincaré Duality
Applications
Alexander Duality
The Lefschetz Fixed Point Theorem
De Rham Cohomology
Prerequisites:
Basic notions from general topology; notions from algebra like group, ring and module; The knowledge of Topologie I will help, but is not necessary.
Recommendable Literature:
M.J. Greenberg: Lectures on Algebraic Topology, 1967/77
W.S. Massey: A Basic Course in Algebraic Topology, GTM 127, 1991
J.J. Rotman: An Introduction to Algebraic Topology; GTM 119, 1988/92
E.H. Spanier: Algebraic Topology, 1966
R. Stöcker, H. Zieschang: Algebraische Topologie, Teubner, 1988
Exampleclasses:
Were given by Christoph Lossen

This lecture will be given in the english language, because it belongs to the programme Mathematics International