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Fakultät für Mathematik Universität Regensburg
Selected topics in the algebraic topology of manifolds
Semester
SoSe 2017

Lecturer
Markus Land

Type of course (Veranstaltungsart)
Vorlesung

Contents
We will study some properties of the homotopy type of manifolds: The homotopy invariance of
Stiefel-Whitney classes (and numbers), the Steenrod-problem which deals with the question which
classes in the homology of a manifold are represented by (sub)manifolds, and Rokhlin's theorem about
signatures of 4-dimensional spin manifolds.

Recommended previous knowledge
Algebraic Topology: Homotopy theory, (Co)homology, cup products, Poincare duality, characteristic
classes, Steenrod operations, Spectra

Time/Date
Monday, 14-16

Location
M102

Course homepage
http://markus-land.de/teaching
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Registration
  • Registration for course work/examination/ECTS: FlexNow
Course work (Studienleistungen)
  • Passing the examination below
Examination (Prüfungsleistungen)
  • Oral exam: Duration: 30 minutes, Date: , re-exam: Date:
Regelungen bei Studienbeginn vor WS 2015 / 16
  • Benotet:
    • O. g. Pruefungsleistung
  • Unbenotet:
    • Bestehen der o. g. Pruefungsleistung
Modules
BV, MV, MGAGeo

ECTS
3
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