MATHEMATICS (TURKISH, PHD)
PhD TR-NQF-HE: Level 8 QF-EHEA: Third Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 8

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code Course Name Semester Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
MAT4068 Topology Fall 3 0 3 6
The course opens with the approval of the Department at the beginning of each semester

Basic information

Language of instruction: En
Type of course: Departmental Elective
Course Level:
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Dr. Öğr. Üyesi TUĞCAN DEMİR
Course Objectives: To teach math majors about convergence, continuity and connectedness in the set of real numbers, in metric spaces and abstract topological spaces in depth.

Learning Outputs

The students who have succeeded in this course;
A student who finished this class successfully will have learned the basic concepts of convergence, continuity and connectedness and their manifestations in different types of topological spaces.

Course Content

Metric Spaces, Metric Topology, Equivalent Metrics, Subspaces, Interior, Exterior and Boundary Points, Dense sets, Continuous Maps, Homeomorphisms, Connectedness, Path-Connectedness, Separation Axioms, Compactness, Local Compactness and Paracompactness, Sequential Compactness, Product of Topologies, Quotient Spaces

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) A review of topics and examples from real analysis.
2) A review of topics and examples from real analysis.
3) Metric spaces and analysis over metric spaces.
4) Metric spaces and analysis over metric spaces.
5) Topological spaces. Open and closed sets. Convergence and neighborhoods. Nets and filters.
6) Examples of topological spaces.
7) Coverings and compactness.
8) Continuous functions. Topology on function spaces. Compact-open topology.
9) Tychonoff's Theorem.
10) Hausdorff spaces and separation axioms.
11) Urysohn and Tietze Extension Theorems.
12) Borsuk-Ulam Theorem. Ham and Cheese Sandwich Theorem.
13) Combinatorial topology. Simplicial and CW complexes.
14) Classification of orientable surfaces.

Sources

Course Notes: Instructor's own lecture notes. J Dugundji. Topology. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1966. M A Armstrong. Basic Topology. Springer, 1983.
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Evaluation System

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Attendance 0 % 0
Laboratory 0 % 0
Application 0 % 0
Field Work 0 % 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) 0 % 0
Quizzes 3 % 10
Homework Assignments 0 % 0
Presentation 0 % 0
Project 0 % 0
Seminar 0 % 0
Midterms 2 % 50
Preliminary Jury % 0
Final 1 % 40
Paper Submission % 0
Jury % 0
Bütünleme % 0
Total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
Total % 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities Number of Activities Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours 14 3 42
Laboratory 0 0 0
Application 0 0 0
Special Course Internship (Work Placement) 0 0 0
Field Work 0 0 0
Study Hours Out of Class 14 3 42
Presentations / Seminar 0 0 0
Project 0 0 0
Homework Assignments 0 0 0
Quizzes 3 3 9
Preliminary Jury 0
Midterms 2 10 20
Paper Submission 0
Jury 0
Final 1 12 12
Total Workload 125

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