Intuitive Concepts in Elementary Topology

Classroom-tested and much-cited, this concise text offers a valuable and instructive introduction for undergraduates to the basic concepts of topology. It takes an intuitive rather than an axiomatic viewpoint, and can serve as a supplement as well as a primary text.
A few selected topics allow students to acquire a feeling for the types of results and the methods of proof in mathematics, including mathematical induction. Subsequent problems deal with networks and maps, provide practice in recognizing topological equivalence of figures, examine a proof of the Jordan curve theorem for the special case of a polygon, and introduce set theory. The concluding chapters examine transformations, connectedness, compactness, and completeness. The text is well illustrated with figures and diagrams.
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Intuitive Concepts in Elementary Topology

Classroom-tested and much-cited, this concise text offers a valuable and instructive introduction for undergraduates to the basic concepts of topology. It takes an intuitive rather than an axiomatic viewpoint, and can serve as a supplement as well as a primary text.
A few selected topics allow students to acquire a feeling for the types of results and the methods of proof in mathematics, including mathematical induction. Subsequent problems deal with networks and maps, provide practice in recognizing topological equivalence of figures, examine a proof of the Jordan curve theorem for the special case of a polygon, and introduce set theory. The concluding chapters examine transformations, connectedness, compactness, and completeness. The text is well illustrated with figures and diagrams.
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Intuitive Concepts in Elementary Topology

Intuitive Concepts in Elementary Topology

by B.H. Arnold
Intuitive Concepts in Elementary Topology

Intuitive Concepts in Elementary Topology

by B.H. Arnold

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Classroom-tested and much-cited, this concise text offers a valuable and instructive introduction for undergraduates to the basic concepts of topology. It takes an intuitive rather than an axiomatic viewpoint, and can serve as a supplement as well as a primary text.
A few selected topics allow students to acquire a feeling for the types of results and the methods of proof in mathematics, including mathematical induction. Subsequent problems deal with networks and maps, provide practice in recognizing topological equivalence of figures, examine a proof of the Jordan curve theorem for the special case of a polygon, and introduce set theory. The concluding chapters examine transformations, connectedness, compactness, and completeness. The text is well illustrated with figures and diagrams.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780486481999
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication date: 07/19/2011
Series: Dover Books on Mathematics Series
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 192
Sales rank: 431,131
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.10(d)

About the Author


Bradford Henry Arnold is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Oregon State University.

Table of Contents


0. Statements and Proofs in Mathematics
1. What is Topology?
2. Networks and Maps
3. Topological Equivalence in Three-Dimensional Space
4. Maps on a Sphere with Handles
5. The Jordan Curve Theorem
6. Sets
7. Transformations
8. Spaces
References
Index
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