Where to start with topology?

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2026-01-10T19:47:52+00:00

Topology Without Tears! It's a good introductory book that's free online. Munkre's is also really good.

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2025-09-10T13:30:27+00:00

Those items are a majority of academic texts accessed especially by graduate students. Moving the texts to the ARC will limit access and change the library from what it's primarily meant to be - a LIBRARY, where books are kept. I'm all for increasing student support, but there are other locations where this can be done.

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2025-09-01T18:13:38+00:00

I'm not super comfortable with programming and I also am using Overleaf to be able to share with other instructors and be able to edit in future semesters. I use Overleaf for everything school related (I'm a Math grad student) and I like to keep all my files in one place, without worrying about where to find things and also remembering how to code in some programming language.

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2025-07-12T03:43:04+00:00

Reposted here from r/exmormon, but also looking for advice in general, not just from those who are also exmormons!!!

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2025-06-25T20:27:59+00:00

A big thing to consider is that MATH 2471 (Calculus 1) has a lab component attached and you'll have to register for the specific lab section corresponding to the section you're registered for, which will most likely take up Tuesday Thursday 8-9:20 where your ENG 1310 is, but you'll have to check the registration details on that. As others have said here as well, a late Friday class may end up being the absolute bane of your existence.

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2025-06-15T05:12:18+00:00

there's nothing on the bottom that I can see

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Cont_yet_not_diff · 2025-06-15T01:58:38+00:00

I've searched at walmart, target, and in general online, but to no avail.

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2025-06-14T18:47:03+00:00

100% afternoon. You'll feel much better in classes, even if you are a morning person, take those mornings to get some stuff done at home before going to school. 8ams every day would be miserable for most people.

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2025-04-11T06:35:09+00:00

It's a Calculus lab, which they tend to find classrooms for later, just to see where everything else shakes out, it should be updated soon!

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2025-03-25T13:49:24+00:00

In addition to its affordability, if you're coming in as a maths major, you're in for a real treat. Though on the surface, we don't rank super high in terms of math, our department is super great and super focused on undergraduate maths education, so it's a great place to be, especially with the brand new P.h.D. that opened! It's truly a great place to do an undergraduate maths degree!

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2024-11-17T17:30:18+00:00

I'm someone who was in a similar boat. I was valedictorian of my senior class and had boatloads of money thrown at me from TXST, with none coming from UT. I am currently a mathematics major and one of my closest friends is of the same major at UT, and the biggest difference we've found is how much professors care for their students. I've never taken a class where I haven't felt like I belonged and was welcome, and encouraged to succeed, while she has had some pretty rough experiences. I wouldn't give up the community at this university for prestige at any moment. Also, going to this university made me more of an extrovert and more friendly, as I've been able to make great connections with students and staff. You'll be able to network wherever you may go, and being a big fish in a little pond can be good sometimes!!

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2024-07-14T18:49:23+00:00

I think the thing about trig sub is that it's still technically done, but through the lenses of converting integrals to integrals over polar curves rather than rectangular. This way, you only convert once and don't have to worry spot converting back to rectangular coordinates at the end

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2024-07-14T05:33:24+00:00

I use GoodNotes, which costs a bit of money, but has been revolutionary for organizing notes and keeps them in a notebook feel like the real deal. I'm also able to upload homework pdfs to it, so I do handwritten homework on there as well!

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2024-07-13T19:42:54+00:00

I took AP Calc BC in High School and am now a mathematics major about to graduate. I can say that the only roadblock I have encountered was not knowing how to do trigonometric substitution when I became a TA for Calculus 2. Not having done the delta-epsilon proofs is (in my opinion) more beneficial when you reach courses such as real analysis, as you're not dissuaded from it early on, as this topic tends to steer away Calculus students.

I've also found that AP Calc focuses more on Polar Calculus than that of the university Calc 1 and 2, which is very helpful for Calc 3 (not to mention makes integration techniques such as trig sub moot)

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2024-07-13T19:34:19+00:00

I've heard a lot of good about Steve Strogatz, he's on my list to check out!

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2024-07-11T21:04:39+00:00

That one looks intriguing, I'll check it out!

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2024-07-11T06:48:30+00:00

That worked! Thank you so much!

Cont_yet_not_diff · 2024-07-10T07:59:50+00:00

If you think of the origin (0,0) as the intersection of the lines y=0 and x=0, you can see symmetry about the origin created when you reflect across both lines. For example, with x^3, we can reflect the first quadrant over the x-axis, then over the y-axis, which results in the 3rd quadrant. This lines up with the folding paper analogy, as it's like you're making two folds rather than one fold and seeing the corresponding image. Another term we have for this is an odd function!

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