Department of Mathematics

Metric and Topological Spaces
MTH 461-001

Instructor: Mark Iwen
Time and Place: Lectures are MWF 11:30 am -- 12:20 pm, in Wells Hall A304
E-mail: markiwen@math.msu.edu
Office: D220 WH
Office Hours: Monday 12:30 pm -- 1:30 pm, Tuesday 12:30 pm -- 1:30 pm, and Wednesday 12:30 pm -- 1:30 pm

We will discuss topics including, e.g., set theory, metric spaces, topological spaces, maps, product and quotient topologies, connected and compact spaces, separation axioms, pointwise and uniform convergence, and related computational applications.

Course website for MTH 461-001:

http://math.msu.edu/~markiwen/Teaching/MTH461/MTH461_F23.html

The course website is mandatory reading for the course. On it you will find the course schedule, the syllabus, and supplementary reading. Homework assignments will be posted on the schedule.

Textbook:

Topology (second edition), by James R. Munkres
Prentice Hall, Inc., 2000.

Supplementary Texts:

We will also utilize material from other pdf sources provided by the instructor on D2L.

Syllabus and Course Information

Course Schedule and Homework Assignments