Assigned Homework for Math 7512, Spring 2008

These problems will be collected and graded regularly.  Unless otherwise specified, all page numbers refer to Hatcher’s textbook.

 

Class dates

Reading

Assigned problems from textbook

Problems due on:

Jan. 14-18

Section 1.3,

pp.56-70

pp. 79: 7

Friday, Jan. 25

Jan. 23

 

pp. 80:  12, 16

Friday, Feb. 1

Through Feb. 13

Section 1.3,

pp. 70-78

pp.82:  27, 30 (you can also do 31 for 2 points extra credit)

Friday, Feb. 22

Feb. 15

Chapter 2,

Introduction

 

 

Feb. 18

Section 2.1, pp. 102-107

p. 131: 1, 3, 5

Wednesday, Feb. 27

Feb. 20-29

Section 2.1, pp.108-113

p. 132: 11, 12

Wednesday, March 12

March 7-12

pp.113-124

p. 132: 16, 17 (can turn in Problem 17 with next assignment; see below)

Wednesday,

March 26

March 14, 24-28

pp. 113-124; also pp. 149-153

Compute the (singular) homology groups for the following spaces:  (1) the wedge of two circles, (2) the wedge of n circles, (3) the torus, and (4) a closed surface of arbitrary genus.  For (1), use a method other than the Corollary 2.25, such as Mayer-Vietoris. 

 

p. 132: 17 (the above should help)

Wednesday, April 2

March 31 – April 4

pp. 108-109, 124-131

pp. 133:  29, 30 (just the third one), 31

Friday, April 11

April 7-11

pp. 134-149

Additional reading:

pp. 153-155, 166-168

pp.  155-157: 1, 9, 10, 28

Friday, April 18

April 14-23

pp. 184-204

pp. 204-205: 1, 5, 6

 

Optional problem, p. 204:  3  (Read pp. 196-197 first for a more general definition of Ext than that given in class.)

Friday, April 25

April 25-April 30

pp. 206-223

pp. 228: 1

Friday, May 2

April 30 – May 2

pp. 230-242

No problems assigned from this section.