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190A Winter 2025


Instructor: James McKernan
Office: APM 6260, Tel. (858) 534-6347
Email: jmckernan [at] math . ucsd . edu
Lectures: MWF 10-10:50, APM B402A
Office hours: M 1:00-3:00
Teaching Assistant: Zhiyuan Jiang
Email: z5jiang [at] ucsd . edu
Office hours: T 2:00-4:00

COURSE DESCRIPTION

An introduction to point set topology: topological spaces, subspace topologies, product topologies,
quotient topologies, continuous maps and homeomorphisms, metric spaces, connectedness, compactness,
basic separation, and countability axioms. Examples. Instructor may choose further topics such as
Urysohn's lemma, Urysohn's metrization theorem.

Prerequisites: Math 31CH or 140A or 142A

Text Book: Topology without Tears, by Sidney A. Morris

Model answers to the first midterm
Model answers to the second midterm
Model answers to the final

RECENT UPDATE

[03.20.2025]  The final will cover the material up to Homework 9 Lectures 1-18. Be prepared to write out definitions and proofs of results.