Agenda. Understand "continuity" in the most abstract!
Instructor. Dror Bar-Natan, drorbn@math.toronto.edu (for course administration matters only; math on email is slow and prone to misunderstandings, so I generally avoid it). Office: Bahen 6178, 416-946-5438.
Classes. Tuesdays 3-4 and Thursdays 2-4 at SS 2102.
Office Hours. Thursdays 4:30-5:30 at Dror's office, Bahen 6178, and also on video at http://drorbn.net/vchat.
Teaching Assistants. Clovis Hamel (c.hamel@mail.utoronto.ca)
and Jamal Kawach (jamal.kawach@mail.utoronto.ca): 
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Tutorials. Mondays 12-1 at RS 310 and 1-2 at RS 211, both with Jamal Kawach.
Text. James Munkres' Topology (see Errata) (required reading!). The topology texts by Dugundji and Massey are also recommended, and many other texts are also available.
| # | Week of ... | |
| 1 | September 3 |
First class is on Thursday September 6.
Handout: About This Class. Handout: Things You Should Already Know. Blackboards for Thursday September 6. |
| 2 | September 10 |
First tutorials are on Monday: 12-1 at RS 310 and 1-2 at RS 211.
Blackboards for Tuesday September 11. Blackboards for Thursday September 13. Homework Assignment #1. |
| 3 | September 17 |
Blackboards for Tuesday September 18.
Class photo on Thursday! Blackboards for Thursday September 20. HW1 was due on Thursday at the end of class. Homework Assignment #2. A Comment on HW2, by Clovis Hamel. |
| 4 | September 24 |
Blackboards for Tuesday September 25.
Blackboards for Thursday September 27. HW2 was due on Thursday at the end of class. Homework Assignment #3. A Comment on HW3, by Clovis Hamel. |
| 5 | October 1 |
Blackboards for Tuesday October 2.
Blackboards for Thursday October 4. HW3 was due on Thursday at the end of class. Homework Assignment #4. |
| 6 | October 8 |
Monday is thanksgiving - no tutorials.
Blackboards for Tuesday October 9. Blackboards for Thursday October 11. HW4 was due on Thursday at the end of class. |
| 7 | October 15 |
Blackboards for Tuesday October 16.
Our Term Test took place on Tuesday October 16 6-8PM (evening) at SF 3202. Blackboards for Thursday October 18. |
| 8 | October 22 |
Blackboards for Tuesday October 23.
Blackboards for Thursday October 25. Homework Assignment #5 |
| 9 | October 29 |
Blackboards for Tuesday October 30.
The Evil Neptune Our final exam date was announced on Wednesday. Blackboards for Thursday November 1. HW5 was due on Thursday at the end of class. Homework Assignment #6 |
| R | November 5 |
Reading Week - no classes (Dror was in Hefei).
Monday was last day to drop this class. |
| 10 | November 12 |
The Axiom of Choice and Zorn's Lemma
Blackboards for Tuesday November 13. Blackboards for Thursday November 15. HW6 was due on Thursday at the end of class. Homework Assignment #7 |
| 11 | November 19 |
Map of Chapter 4.
Blackboards for Tuesday November 20. Blackboards for Thursday November 22. HW7 was due on Thursday at the end of class. Homework Assignment #8 |
| 12 | November 26 |
Blackboards for Tuesday November 27.
Compactness in Metric Spaces. Blackboards for Thursday November 29. HW8 was due on Thursday at the end of class. Homework Assignment #9 |
| 13 | December 3 |
Tuesday was the last class meeting.
Blackboards for Tuesday December 4. Thursday is "makeup Monday" - tutorials will take place. HW9 is due at the end of class on Tuesday December 4, or at the "Makeup Monday" tutorials of Thursday December 6, or at Dror's office, Bahen 6178, on Thursday December 6 between 2:30-3:30PM. More on our Final Exam and office hours prior to it. |
| F1 | December 10 |
Examination period - good luck!
More on our Final Exam and office hours prior to it. |
| F2 | December 17 |
Our very own final will take place on Wednesday December 19 at 7-10PM at GB405. I didn't pick this time, don't blame me.
More on our Final Exam and office hours prior to it. |
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