Knots SurfacesIntroduction To Topology

AY2021/2022 Semester 1

This is a first introduction to topology and calculus on manifolds. The tools introduced in this course are the natural framework for the generalization of the ideas that you learnt in Calculus I, II, and III to infinite-dimensional and non-Euclidean spaces. These methods open the door to other fields in mathematics like algebraic topology, functional analysis, differential/Riemannian/symplectic/Poisson geometry, or Lie theory, to name a few. They also have strong ties with important applications in the physical sciences and engineering like dynamical systems, mechanics, symmetry analysis, or control theory. The aim of this course is to enable you to formulate and solve mathematical problems using the ideas and the formalism coming from topology and global analysis.