INTRODUCTION TO ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGY
MARTIN ˇCADEK
0. Foreword
These notes form a brief overview of basic topics in a usual introductory course
of algebraic topology. They were prepared for my series of lectures at the Okayama
University in 2002 and rewritten in 2013. They cannot substitute standard textbooks.
The technical proofs of several important theorems are omitted and many other theorems
are not proved in full generality. However, in all such cases I have tried to give
references to well known textbooks the list of which you can find at the end.
I would like to express my acknowledgements to my former student Richard Lastovecki
whose comments helped me to correct and improve the text.
The notes are available online in electronic form at
http://is.muni.cz/el/1431/jaro2013/M8130/um/39015882/
Date: August 20, 2013.
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