18.906: Spring 2010

18.906: Algebraic Topology II, Spring, 2010

General info:

TR 9:30-11, room 2-102
Instructor: Mark Behrens
Office: 2-273
Office hours: TR 12-1 or by appt.
Email:

References

I will not be following any particular book, and you certainly are not required to purchase any book for the course. The following books are the primary references I am using:

Hatcher, "Algebraic Topology". Available for free here.
May, "A Concise Course in Algebraic Topology". Also available for free here.
Hatcher, "Spectral sequences in algebraic topology", chapter 1. Available here.
Milnor and Stasheff, "Characteristic Classes".

OCW

The course will be similar to my 2006 course. Complete lecture notes and psets may be downloaded from MIT's open course-ware site.
WARNING: these are the psets from 2006 - the psets for the 2010 course are DIFFERENT, and must be downloaded from the COURSE CALENDAR (below)!

Course calendar

Click here to view the course calendar. Informal handwritten lecture notes are posted here, as well as course assignments. Each day I will also attempt to fill in a planned topic for the next class period, as well as suggested reading.

Homework

Homework is assigned on Tuesdays, and due the tues in class after it is assigned. The psets will be posted on the calendar. It is fine to work with others, but you must turn in your own write-up.