10-327/Homework Assignment 2

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Reading

Read sections 17 through 21 in Munkres' textbook (Topology, 2nd edition). Remember that reading math isn't like reading a novel! If you read a novel and miss a few details most likely you'll still understand the novel. But if you miss a few details in a math text, often you'll miss everything that follows. So reading math takes reading and rereading and rerereading and a lot of thought about what you've read. Also, preread sections 22 through 24, just to get a feel for the future.

Doing

Solve the following problems from Munkres' book, though submit only the underlined ones: Problems 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 19abc, 19d, 21 on pages 101-102, and problems 7a, 7b, 8, 9ab, 9c, 13 on pages 111-112.

Due date

This assignment is due at the end of class on Thursday, October 5, 2010.

Suggestions for Good Deeds

Annotate our Monday videos (starting with Video: dbnvp Topology-100927) in a manner similar to (say) dbnvp AKT-090910-1, and/or add links to the blackboard shots, in a manner similar to dbnvp Alekseev-1006-1. Also, make constructive suggestions to me, Dror and / or the videographer, Qian (Sindy) Li, on how to improve the videos and / or the software used to display them. Note that "constructive" means also, "something that can be implemented relatively easily in the real worlds, given limited resources".

Dror's notes above / Student's notes below

Remark on the Due Date

Dear Professor Bar-Natan, October 5 seems like a Tuesday. Do you mean October 7, 2010? Thanks! Fzhao 23:42, 30 September 2010 (EDT)Frank