Here is this semester's tentative schedule; we will update it as the semester progresses. All listed readings are taken from the course textbook, unless explicitly noted otherwise.
Please note that lecture notes are provided as a supplement, and are NOT a substitute for attending lecture. In particular, these are not guaranteed, so expect technical difficulties to prevent them from being posted at least a few times in the semester; they also will not contain exercises whose solutions are worked out on the board in class. Please plan accordingly to either take notes or get them from a friend if necessary.
Date Topic Reading Lecture Notes Supplementary material Monday August 25 Intro and overview Chapter 1 of book Lecture notes Wednesday 8/27 Maps Chapter 1 of book Lecture notes Friday 8/29 Morse theory Chapter 1 of book Lecture notes Monday 9/1 Simplicial complexes Sections 2.1-2.3 Lecture notes Wednesday 9/3 Simplicial complexes (cont)
ChainsSections 2.3-2.4 Lecture notes Friday 9/5 Chains, Boundaries and Cycles Section 2.4 of book Lecture notes Monday 9/8 Homology Sections 2.5 Lecture notes