A Guide to the Classification Theorem for Compact Surfaces

The Classification Theorem: Informal Presentation.- Surfaces.- Simplices, Complexes, and Triangulations.- The Fundamental Group, Orientability.- Homology Groups.- The Classification Theorem for Compact Surfaces.- Viewing the Real Projective Plane in R3.- Proof of Proposition 5.1.- Topological Preliminaries.- History of the Classification Theorem.- Every Surface Can be Triangulated.- Notes.

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