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    Topology Final

    Math 131 Harvard University Fall 2013


    Due Tuesday, 10 December 2013, 12:00 pm
    Hand in your completed final to the staff in room 325 Science Center.

    Name:
    Aim for concise, clear answers. Refer only to Munkres, your class notes and
    the course notes online. Do not collaborate; all work must be done on your
    own. Do not consult any internet resources, except the course web page.
    Part I. Do any 7 of the following 8 problems. Write the answer to each
    problem on a separate sheet, and attach it to Part II.

    1. Let fn : [0, 1] R be a sequence of polynomials such that lim fn (x) =


    1 if x = 1/2 and lim fn (x) = 0 otherwise. Prove that

    sup sup |fn0 (x)| = .


    n x[0,1]

    Give an example of such a sequence.

    2. Show that the continuous functions C([0, 1]) are dense in the space
    R[0,1] with the product topology. Given an example of a space X such
    that C(X) is not dense in RX .

    3. Let E, B and X be reasonable, connected spaces, let p : (E, e) (B, b)


    be a covering map, and let f : (X, x) (B, b) a continuous map. We
    say all lifts exist if for every e0 E with p(e0 ) = b, there exists a
    map F : (X, x) (E, e0 ) satisfying p F = f . Give a necessary and
    sufficient condition, in terms of fundamental groups, such that all lifts
    exist.

    4. Let X
    = R2 /Z2 be the torus, with basepoint x. Let f : (X, x) (X, x)
    be continuous map, and suppose f gives the identity map on 1 (X, x).
    Prove that f is homotopic to the identity map on X.

    5. Prove there is no retraction of the Mobius band onto its boundary.

    6. Let [f ] 1 (B, b) be represented by a path f : [0, 1] B that begins


    and ends at b. Let g : [0, 1] [0, 1] be a homeomorphism. Prove that
    [f g] = [f ] or [f ]1 in 1 (B, b).

    7. Compute the fundamental group of X = RP2 RP2 . (Here RP2 is the


    real projective plane.) Draw a picture of the universal cover of X.

    8. Let N F2 be a normal subgroup such that F2 /N


    = Z. Prove that
    N cannot be finitely generated.
    Part II. Mark each of the following assertions True (T) or False (F).

    If you choose 5 letters from the list A, B, C, D, E, F, G,


    H, then two of your chosen letters must be homeomor-
    1.
    phic. (We regard each letter as a 1-dimensional subset
    of R2 , as printed.)

    Let X be a complete metric space, and let D be a neigh-


    2. borhood of the diagonal in X X. Then D contains
    Ur = {(x, y) : d(x, y) < r} for some r > 0.

    3. Every automorphism of Z is an inner automorphism.

    If X and Y are homotopy equivalent, and X is compact,


    4.
    then Y is compact.

    Given points a 6= b in a Hausdorff space X, there exists


    5.
    an f C(X) with f (a) = 0 and f (b) = 1.

    If X is homotopy equivalent to a finite simplicial com-


    6. plex, then it is homeomorphic to a subset of Rn for some
    n.

    The exists a continuous function on U = C [0, 1] such


    7.
    that f (z)2 = z 3 (z 1) for all z U .

    Any topological space covered by the closed ball B 2 is


    8.
    homeomorphic to B 2 .

    Any noncompact topological space covered by the open


    9.
    ball B 2 is homeomorphic to B 2 .

    Let E and B be connected, reasonable spaces. If p :


    10. E B is a covering map and q : B E is a covering
    map, preserving basepoints, then p q = id.

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