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Geometry IB

Term 2, Mon. Period 3 & Thu. Period 4 · Faculty of Science, Niigata University

Syllabus

Note

Held on Mon. Period 3 & Thu. Period 4.

Textbooks

  • K. Komiya, “位相幾何入門” (in Japanese), Shokabo

Main references

  • I. Tamura, “トポロジー” (in Japanese), Iwanami Zensho

Recommended reading

  • Y. Hiraoka, “タンパク質構造とトポロジー” (in Japanese), Kyoritsu Shuppan

Course contents

  1. Topological spaces
  2. Quotient spaces; closed surfaces and connected sums
  3. Classification of closed surfaces
  4. Simplices and simplicial complexes
  5. Skeletons and polyhedra; group theory, part 1
  6. Group theory, part 2; oriented simplices
  7. Chain groups and homology groups
  8. Midterm exam
  9. Computing homology groups; simplicial maps
  10. Chain homomorphisms; homology groups of polyhedra, part 1 (definitions); homotopy
  11. Homology groups of polyhedra, part 2 (homotopy invariance)
  12. Euler numbers; homology groups and homomorphisms
  13. The Mayer-Vietoris exact sequence
  14. Homology groups of closed surfaces
  15. Persistent homology groups and protein structures
  16. End-of-term exam and summary