Part of an independent study for first and second year graduate students working on Robotics

Instructors

• Vijay Kumar
• Koushil Sreenath
• Subhrajit Bhattacharya (Seven lectures on Configuration Spaces and Topology: Nov 16 - Dec 11)
• Steven Gray

Course outline (for "Configuration Spaces and Topology")

Outline (PDF, 52 Kb)

Recommended Text

• "Topology" by James Munkres (Prentice Hall, 2nd edn., 2000)
• "Algebraic Topology" by Allen Hatcher.

Notes

• Introduction to Configuration Spaces and Point-set Topology: Part 1.a
• Example of a non-Holonomic System: Part 1.b
• Introduction to Algebraic Topology: Part 2
• A Brief Overview of Cohomology and De Rham Cohomolohy: Part 3

(page created in retrospect)

Teaching