MATH3061 Geometry and Topology

This page contains information on the Senior normal Unit of Study MATH3061: Geometry and Topology.

• Taught in Semester 2.
• Credit point value: 6.
• Classes per week: Three lectures and one tutorial.
• Lecturer(s): Jenny Henderson and Laurentiu Paunescu.

Please refer to the Senior Mathematics and Statistics Handbook for all questions relating to Senior Mathematics and Statistics. In particular, see the MATH3061 handbook entry for further information relating to MATH3061.

You may also view the Faculty Handbook entry for MATH3061 from the central units of study database.

INFORMATION SHEET

The MATH3061 Information Sheet is available online in pdf format, providing details about the lecturers and lecture times, consultation times, tutorials, assessment and textbooks.
NEW -- THE INFORMATION SHEET HAS NOW BEEN AMENDED TO INCLUDE CONSULTATION TIMES AND ASSESSMENT DATES FOR TOPOLOGY.

CLASS REPRESENTATIVES

Brendan McMonigal (bmcm0493@mail.usyd.edu.au) and Vicente Araullo-Peters (vara2115@mail.usyd.edu.au).

LECTURE NOTES - GEOMETRY (O'BRIAN NOTES)

Reading for Week 1: pages 1-29, but not the section on Symmetries. Please note that the coordinate formula for a halfturn does not appear in this part of the O'Brian notes. FYI, the image of a point (x,y) under a halfturn about point P(p,q) is (2p-x,2q-y).
Reading for Week 2: pages 30-36.
Reading for Week 3: pages 37-40, omit Chapter 3, then pages 51-56.
Reading for Week 4: pages 57-58, omit the rest of Chapter 4 and all of Chapter 5, then pages 97-99.
Reading for Week 5: pages 100-107.
Reading for Week 6: page 113 to first half of page 121.

LECTURE NOTES - TOPOLOGY

Illustrative figures   

TUTORIALS

Tutorial 1    Tutorial 1 with solutions    Tutorial 2    Tutorial 2 with solutions    Tutorial 3    Tutorial 3 with solutions   
Tutorial 4    Tutorial 4 with solutions    Tutorial 5    Tutorial 5 with solutions    Tutorial 6   

ASSIGNMENTS

Assignment 1    Assignment 1 with solutions

This assignment has now been marked and can be collected from room 710. Please check that your mark has been correctly recorded - see below.

A cover sheet must be completed and attached to your assignment.

QUIZZES

The first quiz will be held on Thursday September 4 at 9am in Carslaw 373.

Quiz 1 Information

ENQUIRIES

If you have any enquiries about this course, please email: MATH3061@maths.usyd.edu.au.
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