# Math4202 Topology II (Lecture 1) ## Topology of manifolds ### Fundamental groups Use fundamental group as invariant for topological spaces up to homeomorphism (exists bijective and continuous map with continuous inverse) / homotopy equivalence. Classifying two dimensional surfaces. - Sphere - Torus - $\mathbb{R}P^2$ ## Quotient spaces Let $X$ be a topological space and $f:X\to Y$ is a 1. continuous 2. surjective map. 3. With the property that $U\subset Y$ is open if and only if $f^{-1}(U)$ is open in $X$. Then we say $f$ is a quotient map and $Y$ is a quotient space.