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Math 314: Graph Theory

Lecture: 

  • TR 11:00am–12:15pm.

  • 001 Carver Hall.

Office hours:

  • 379 Carver Hall.

  • Monday 8:30-10:00am and 4:00–5:30pm.

Textbook:

A first course in graph theory, by Gary Chartrand and Ping Zhang.

Schedule and assignments

  • Homework assignments are due by the beginning of the lecture on the date by which they are posted (table below).

  • The preferred submission type is on paper before the class begins.

  • If you are unable to attend class when an assignment is due, you can email your assignment to sanmarco@iastate.edu

    • Your submission must be a single .pdf file. Please include MATH 314 and the homework number in the subject line. 

  • Late submissions will incur a 1% penalty per minute of being late.

Dates
Topics
Lec(blank)
Lec(filled)
HW(pdf)
HW(sols)
Jun 17
Crash course on sets, functions and relations
Lec01
Jun 19
Juneteenth (No class)
HW00
Jun 21
Introduction, topological spaces (§12)
Lec02
Jun 24
Bases and subbases (§13)
Lec03
Jun 26
Bases and subbases (§13). The box topology (§15, 19)
Lec04
HW01
Jun 28
The box and product topologies (§15, 19)
Lec05
July 1
Continuous functions (§18)
Lec06
July 3
More on continuous functions (§18)
Lec07
HW02
July 5
Metric spaces (§20)
Lec08
July 8
More on metric spaces (§20)
Lec09
July 10
Sequences and convergence (§17)
Lec10
HW03
July 12
Hausdorff spaces, first countable spaces (§17, 21)
Lec11
July 15
The quotient topology (§22)
Lec12
July 17
More on the quotient topology (§22)
Lec13
HW04
July 19
Quotient spaces: examples (§22)
Lec14
July 22
Practice midterm
PMidterm
Solutions
July 24
Midterm
July 26
Connected spaces (§23)
Lec17
July 29
Connectedness in the real line (§24)
Lec18
July 31
Path-connectedness Connected spaces (§24)
Lec19
HW05
Aug 2
Compact spaces (§26)
Lec20
Aug 5
Compact spaces continued (§26)
Lec21
Aug 7
Compactness in the real line (§27)
Lec22
HW06
Aug 9
Compact subspaces of Euclidean spaces. Compact metric spaces (§27)
Lec23
Aug 12
Compact metric spaces (§27)
Lec24
Aug 14
Practice for the final exam
PFinalSols
HW07
Aug 16
Final Exam
Source files for assignments 

You can find the homework assignments in the table above.

​Now, if you wish to typeset your assignments with LATEX, you can use the following files as templates:

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