- Instructor:
George
Cain
- Office hours:
Monday, Wednesday,
Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 9:55 a.m., and any other time I am in my office.
- Meeting times and place:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 12:05 p.m. - 12:55 p.m.
Room 270, William Vernon Skiles Classroom Building
- Class roll:
Please take a look at what the
Office of the Registrar says is the official class roll
for the course. If you beleive you are registered for the course and
do not see your name, see the Registrar's Office.
- Class picture:
Here is your
picture.
- Important notice:
Please read and
heed this important notice.
- Textbook:
Introduction to General Topology, by George L. Cain (Addison-Wesley, 1994)
- Grade:
This course will be conducted
as a "do it yourself" course. You the students will prepare and present to
the class essentially all the course material. I shall provide the organization
of the course and a bit of guidance and inspiration--otherwise, you
will do it all. There will be no quizzes or written homework. You will be
graded simply on the quantity and quality of the material you prepare for class
presentation. I believe yoiu will find this to be an interesting and
stimulating way to learn mathematics.
There will be a final examination.
Here are the problems to be prepared.
- Final examination:
The Office of the Registrar has published the schedule of final examinations.
The exam for Math 4431 is to be
Wednesday, December 13, 11:30 a.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Room 270, Skiles Building
- Notes:
You can see a brief
biographical sketch of the man for whom Zorn's Lemma is named.
You can also see some
biographical information about the man for whom the Hausdorrf space is
named, and some
information about Tychonoff.
You might be interested in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical
Competition. I urge you atleast to take a look at some
information
regarding this celebrated competition and see what you think.
Here is the problem mentioned in class
Friday, October 13. Solve it and I shall notify the New York Times,
the Atlanta Constitution, and all the major television networks.
