The topology seminar : Network : Guests : Studying topology in Bergen
The research group in Topology
The following researchers and students are associated with the research group in topology.
Graduate students:- Martin Stolz (PhD)
- Torleif Veen (master)
The topology Seminar
This semester we have seminars on Tuesday, 12.15, room 534.See the Fall 2008 home page of the seminar for more details.
Old seminar links: spring 2008, fall 2007 spring 2007, fall 2006, spring 2006, fall 2005
Network
The national RCN project on Topology is coordinated from Bergen.as was the past project Topology in Norway.
In 2007 the Abel symposium was on topology.
Guests
- John Greenlees (Sheffield), November 1 - 13, 2008
- David Gepner (Sheffield), June 9 - 12, 2008
- Robert Bruner (Oslo/Wayne), June 8 - 12, 2008
- Tyler Lawson (University of Minnesota), May 10-16, 2008
- Martin Stolz (Bonn), May 5 - 8 and June 8 - 12, 2008
- Lukas Vokrinek (Brno), April 12- May 19, 2008
- Sverre Lunøe-Nilsen (Oslo), Jan. 29, 2008
- Randy McCarthy (UIUC), Dec. 31, 2007-Jan. 13, 2008
- Marcel Bokstedt (Aarhus), Dec. 10-14, 2007
- Birgit Richter (Hamburg), Nov. 1-3, 2007
- Rick Jardine (London, Ontario), Aug. 16-20, 2007
- Holger Reich (Münster/Düsseldorf), mid March, 2007
- Steffen Sagave (Oslo), Feb. 5-9, 2007
- Kasper Andersen (Kobenhavn), Dec. 18-21, 2006
- Gunnar Carlsson (Stanford), Dec. 3-9, 2006
- Christian Ausoni (Bonn), Nov. 5-10, 2006
- Birgit Richter (Hamburg), Sep. 10-14, 2006.
Studying topology in Bergen
Topology - the mathematics of spaces - is not touched on properly in the first years of study at UiB. If you are curious as to what important branch of mathematics you are missing out on, please do not hesitate to contact one of us. For an informal discussion you may also consult What is topology? by Neil Strickland, or "Rom"forskning - det finnes kulere rom enn verdensrommet and Sfærespekteret by Dundas.
The courses General Topology (MAT242) and Manifolds (MAT243) are both supposed to be possible points of entry for budding topologists, as well as others who plan to study one of the many fields using concepts and results from topology. One of these courses must be taken at the very latest in the third year of study. The course Algebraic Topology (MAT341) is designed as a course for master students in pure mathematics, and is an introduction to algebraic topology which is the field of research currently pursued in topology in Bergen. Further study is conducted in reading courses in cooperation with your supervisor.
For a vague idea of possible master's projects, you may consult the following list (in Norwegian only) or come and talk with one of us.
Course material
- MAT242: James R. Munkres Topology (book not available online).
- MAT243: Bjørn Ian Dundas, Differential Topology
- MAT341: Alan Hatcher, Algebraic topology
