WARNING: The exam will take place at Room 227C (Halle aux Farines building) on Wednesday, December 19 (8.30am-11.30am).
Abstract
The goal of this lecture will be to present various
“concrete” homotopy theories. We will start with the classical homotopy
theory of topological spaces (higher homotopy groups, cellular
complexes, Whitehead and Hurewicz theorems, fibrations). Then we will move to the homotopy
theory of simplicial sets (definitions, simplex category, adjunction
and cosimplicial objects, examples, fibrations, Kan complexes, and
simplicial homotopy).
This course will directly follow the one of Chrisitan Ausoni on
Homology Theory (September-October 2018); it will open the doors to the one of Gregory Ginot on
Abstract Homotopy Theory (January-February, 2018) and to the one of Yonatan Harpaz on
Higher Algebra (March-April 2018)
Lecture Notes
The notes of the course are typed by Johan Leray: thank you very much! 
(Version of 17/12/18).
For whose you still want to see this, here are my handwritten notes.
(Chapter 1).
Layout
- Homotopy theory of topological spaces
- Simplicial homotopy theory
Worksheet
- Worksheet 1
- Worksheet 2
- Worksheet 3
- Worksheet 4
- Worksheet 5
Exam
- English version
- Version française
- Corrigé
References
- Algebraic Topology, Tammo tom Dieck, EMS Textbooks in Mathematics, 2008.
- A concise course in Algebraic Topology, Peter May, Chicago ectures in Mathematics, 1999.
- Algebraic Topology, Allen Hatcher, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
- An elementary illustrated introduction to simplicial sets, Greg Friedman, arXiv:0809.4221, 2008.
- Simplicial homotopy theory, Paul G. Goerss and John F. Jardine, Progress in Mathematics, 2009.
- Simplicial homotopy theory, Edward B. Curtis, Advances in Mathematics 6, 107-209, 1971.
Organisation
The lectures will take place every Wednesday
9am-12am (room
2013, Sophie Germain building) and every Thursday 9-12am (room 2016,
Sophie Germain building) from November 7 to December 13 2018. Exercise
sessions will be organised every Wednesday
9am-10.30am.
Prerequisistes
From Christian Ausoni's course: category, functor, adjunction, (co)limits, topological space, homeomorphism.
Professor
Bruno Vallette (lectures/exercise sessions)