METRIC AND TOPOLOGICAL SPACES

Course Code

MX 3532

Credit Points

15

Course Coordinator

Professor V Gorbounov

Pre-requisites

MX 3021

Overview

• Metric spaces and topological spaces.


• Compactness, connectedness.


• Subspace and product space topology.


• Complete metric spaces.

Structure

2 one-hour lectures per week and 1 one-hour tutorial per week (to be arranged).

Assessment

1st Attempt: 1 two-hour written examination (80%); in-course assessment (20%).

Resit: 1 two-hour examination (maximum of 100% resit and 80% resit with 20% in-course assessment).
Only the marks obtained on first sitting can be used for Honours classification.

Formative Assessment

Informal assessment of weekly homework through discussions in tutorials.

Feedback

In-course assignments will normally be marked within one week and feedback provided to students in tutorials.

Students will be invited to contact Course Coordinators for feedback on the final examination.