Before class, watch the lecture material linked below
Then post questions or comments (or respond to others) on Piazza (access via Canvas or from the direct link on the course page)
Check yourself via Check Yourself 11 (by 11:59pm on Wed Oct 7th)
In class, we'll work on examples of these ideas: 2Dindex.pdf
After class, complete the homework
V01 (St) | Global picture from index theory (00:21 to 9:31) | 9 min
V02 (St) | Index theory examples (9:36 to 17:07) | 8 min
V03 (St) | Useful properties of the index (17:07 to 37:30) | 20 min
V04 (St) | Index of a point (37:30 to 46:43) | 9 min
V05 (St) | Theorem about closed trajectories (46:43 to 55:38) | 9 min
V06 (St) | Extra index theory thoughts (55:38 to 1:05:00) | 10 min
Steve's entire lecture