MAT4273

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The textbook(s) for this course is [1] Undergraduate Topology, by R. H. Kasriel; topics from [2] Introduction to Analysis by W. R. Wade (Stone-Weierstrass Theorem).

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Topics List

Date Sections Topics Prerequisite Skills Student Learning Outcomes
Week 1
30-31

Algebraic Structure of the Real Numbers

  • Review of algebraic properties of the Real Numbers


Week 1
30-31


Distance Between Two Points in the Real Numbers

  • The distance between two point on the real line
Week 1
30-31

Limit of a sequence in the Real Numbers

  • The definition of a limit of a sequence


Week 1
30-31

The Nested Interval Theorem for the Real Numbers

  • The nested intervals property in the real numbers


Week 2
34-38


Cauchy-Schwarz Formula

  • The Cauchy-Schwarz Formula


Week 2
34-38

Distance Between Two Points in Higher Dimensions

  • Distance formula for higher dimensions


Week 2
34-38

Open Subsets in Higher Dimensions

  • Definition of an open set
  • Definition of an interior point


Week 2
34-38

Limit Points (or Cluster Points) in Higher Dimensions

  • Definition of a limit point (or cluster point)
  • The limit point as the limit of a sequence


Week 3
39-40

Closed Subsets in Higher Dimensions

  • Definition of a closed set
  • Properties of a closed set


Week 3
39-40

Bounded sets in Higher Dimensions

  • Definition of a bounded set
  • Properties of a bounded set


Week 3
39-40

The Nested Interval Theorem in Higher Dimensions

  • The nested intervals theorem in higher dimensions


Week 3
39-40

The Bolzano-Weierstrass Theorem in Higher Dimensions

  • The Bolzano Weierstrass Theorem in higher dimensions


Week 4
41-43

Convergent Sequences and the Cauchy Criterion in Higher Dimension

  • Definition of a convergent sequence in higher dimensions
  • The Cauchy criterion for convergence of sequences in higher dimensions


Week 4
41-43


Heine-Borel Theorem

  • Definition of an open cover for a set
  • Definition of compactness
  • The Heine-Borel Theorem


Week 4
41-43


Lindeloff Theorem

  • The Lindeloff Theorem


Week 5
45 and 75-76

Topological Spaces

  • Definition of a Topological space
  • Examples of Topological spaces
  • Basic theorems concerning topological spaces


Week 5
45 and 75-76


Distance Functions, Metrics

  • Criteria for a function to be a distance function
  • Common distance functions


Week 5
45 and 75-76

Metric Spaces

  • The definition of a metric space
  • Basic examples of metric spaces


Week 6
46-47

Open Sets and Closed Sets in Metric Spaces

  • Definition of an open set in a metric space
  • Definition of a closed set in a metric space
  • Basic examples of open and closed sets in metric spaces


Week 7
48-49

A Topology Given By A Metric

  • Typologies given by metrics


Week 7
48-49

Subspaces of Metric Spaces

  • Subspace topologies in metric spaces


Week 8
50-52


Convergent Sequences in Metric Spaces

  • The Definition and basic properties of convergent sequences in a metric space


Week 8
50-52

Cartesian Products of Metric Spaces

  • Product topologies


Week 8 and 9
50-52

Continuous Mappings Between Metric Spaces

  • Definition and basic properties of continuous mapping between metric spaces


Week 9
53-55

Separation Properties

  • Definition and basic examples of separations of a set


Week 9 and 10
53-55

Connectedness

  • Definition and basic properties of connected sets
  • Invariance of connectedness under continuous mappings
  • Path/polygonal connectedness


Week 10
56-59

Separable Metric Spaces

  • Definition and basic properties of continuous mapping between metric spaces


Week 10
56-59

Totally Bounded Metric Spaces

  • Definition and basic properties of separable and totally bounded metric spaces


Week 10
56-59

Bounded Sets and Bounded Functions in a Metric Space

  • Basic properties of bounded sets and bounded functions in metric spaces


Week 11
60-62

Compactness in Metric Spaces

  • Definition and basic properties of compact sets in metric spaces
  • Invariance of compactness under continuous mappings


Week 12

Review




Week 13
63-65

Complete Metric Spaces

  • Definition and basic properties of complete metric spaces


Week 13
63-65

Baire's Theorem and Applications

  • Baire's Theorem for metric spaces
  • Applications of Baire's Theorem for metric spaces


Week 14
Edit

Stone-Weierstrass Theorem

  • The Stone-Weierstrass Theorem


Week 15
70-71

The Hilbert Space L2 and the Hilbert Cube

  • Basic Topological Properties of l2.