Math 9200

Mapping Class Groups

Fall 2025
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-----------------------------------Sullivan & Thurston

Class Meetings

 Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 9:05—9:55 am, SC 1312.

Book

Notes

 The lectures will be based on these notes.

Office Hours

 tba and by appointment

Homework

 There will be forthnightly homework assignments, generally assigned on Fridays. The due date is one fortnight later.

Final project

 The final project is a writing assignment on any topic that is related to the course and not covered in the course. A (not exhaustive) list of ideas can be found below. Topics, along with at least two references are due November 3. First drafts are due December 1. Each student will give detailed comments on at least one other draft by December 5. The due date for final drafts is December 10.

Grading

 Course grades will be determined by homework scores (60%) and the final project (40%).

Weekly Schedule
Week Dates Topics Text Homework Lecture notes
1 Aug 20
2 Aug 25
3 Sep 1
4 Sep 8
5 Sep 15
6 Sep 22
7 Sep 29
8 Oct 6
9 Oct 13
10 Oct 20
11 Oct 27
12 Nov 3
13 Nov 10
14 Nov 17
15 Nov 24
16 Dec 1

Final project ideas

Resources

Resources