Nov 21, 2025  
Rensselaer Catalog 2025-2026 
    
Rensselaer Catalog 2025-2026

MATH 4040 - Introduction to Topology


Topics include general topological spaces, connectedness, compactness, continuity, and product spaces. Additional topics may be chosen from identification spaces, homotopy, the fundamental group, covering maps, lifts, classification of surfaces, Baire category, dimension, and the Jordan curve theorem.

Prerequisite: MATH 4090 ; or graduate standing or permission of the instructor.

When Offered: FALL TERM, EVEN YEARS

Graded: GRADED

Credit Hours: 4