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Essential Topology

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ISBN-10: 1852337826

ISBN-13: 9781852337827

Edition: 2005

Authors: Martin D. Crossley

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Taking a direct route, Essential Topology brings the most important aspects of modern topology within reach of a second-year undergraduate student. Based on courses given at the University of Wales Swansea, it begins with a discussion of continuity and, by way of many examples, leads to the celebrated "Hairy Ball theorem" and on to homotopy and homology: the cornerstones of contemporary algebraic topology. While containing all the key results of basic topology, Essential Topology never allows itself to get mired in details. Instead, the focus throughout is on providing interesting examples that clarify the ideas and motivate the student, reflecting the fact that these are often the key…    
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Book details

List price: $37.99
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Springer London, Limited
Publication date: 8/5/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.25" long x 0.24" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Introduction
Continuous functions
Topological spaces
Topological properties
Deconstructionist topology
Homotopy
The Euler number
Homotopy groups
Simplicial homology
Singular homology
More deconstructionism