Location:  Boyd GSRC (Building 1023) Room 302
Time:  Tues & Thurs 11:00pm-12:15pm

Instructor: Dr. Ken Baker
Office: Boyd GSRC 526
E-mail:  kb@math.uga.edu
Phone:  542-2210  (please do not leave messages on voice mail, send email instead)

Office hours: Wednesday 1-4, by appointment, and whenever you find me (if I'm free).

Textbook: Topology, 2th edition, James R. Munkres, 2000.

Syllabus:  Our goal is to cover chapters 2-5.  We will begin, however, with a short tour through chapter 1.  Note that chapters 2-4 contain most of the syllabus for the point set topology portion of the qualifying exams shown below.  The last item is covered chapter 7 which we will address if time permits.

• topological spaces and continuous functions
• product and quotient topology
• connectedness and compactness
• Urysohn lemma
• complete metric spaces and function spaces

Projects:  Students enrolled in 6200 will do a project on some topic related to Point-Set Topology.  It is optional for students enrolled in 4200.  This will be due at the end of the term.  First details are here.

Homework:  Homework will be assigned regularly here and will be due each Thursday.  No late homeworks will be accepted.  You are encouraged to discuss the homework with others.  Naturally, you must write up your own solutions.

Grading:  This is a rough breakdown of how the class will be graded.  This has also been adjusted to reflect the above change.  (9/1/05)

Academic Honesty: All students are responsible for maintaining the highest standards of honesty and integrity in every phase of their academic careers. The penalties for academic dishonesty are severe and ignorance is not an acceptable defense.

See http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/academic_honesty/culture_honesty.htm; notably sections 5 and 7.

On all exams I ask that you write out and sign the Student Honor Code:

"I will be academically honest in all of my academic work
and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of others."

This is especially relevant since our exams are take-home.

• Homework will be assigned regularly and will be due each Thursday (except for test dates). 
  
• Late homeworks will typically not be accepted.   
• You are encouraged to work with your classmates on figuring out how to do the homeworks.  Any assignment you turn in, however, should be your own work done by your own hand.
• Clearly write up your homework.