18.906: Spring 2006

18.906: Algebraic Topology II, Spring, 2006

General info:

MWF 1-2, room 2-102
Instructor: Mark Behrens
Office: 2-273
Office hours: M 3-4, Th 12-1 or by appt.
Office phone: (617) 253-4380
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".

Lecture notes

I will attempt to post lecture notes after each lecture summarizing the contents of the lecture. Sometimes these will be detailed, sometimes they will just give references. The lecture notes may be downloaded here.

Homework

Homework is typically due on Mondays. It is fine to work with others, but you must turn in your own write-up. The homework may be downloaded from here.