On successful completion of this module you should be able to:
- Establish the invariance of the Euler characteristic of a sphere, and compute simple Euler integrals.
- Give the definitions of a topological space and a continuous map between topological spaces, and provide examples.
- Understand connectedness and compactness as topological invariants.
- Understand the concept of homeomorphism, and use topological invariants to prove that certain spaces are not homeomorphic.
- Construct new topological spaces using the subspace and quotient constructions.
- Understand and represent simplicial complexes and triangulated spaces.
- Understand homotopy equivalence, and informally explain why the Euler characteristic is a homotopy invariant of a triangulated space.
- Prove the fundamental theorem of algebra, Perron’s theorem, Brouwer’s Fixed Point Theorem.
- Understand John Nash’s proof of the existence of Nash equilibria in game theory.
- Understand the basic idea behind topological data analysis.