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Title:
Introduction to topology : pure and applied / Colin Adams, Robert Franzosa.
Author:
Adams, Colin Conrad.

Franzosa, Robert David.
Publication Information:
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Prentice Hall, ©2008.
Call Number:
QA611 .A3455 2008
Abstract:
Learn the basics of point-set topology with the understanding of its real-world application to a variety of other subjects including science, economics, engineering, and other areas of mathematics. This book introduces topology as an important and fascinating mathematics discipline to retain the readers interest in the subject. It is written in an accessible way for readers to understand the usefulness and importance of the application of topology to other fields. It introduces topology concepts combined with their real-world application to subjects such DNA, heart stimulation, population modeling, cosmology, and computer graphics, and covers topics including knot theory, degree theory, dynamical systems and chaos, graph theory, metric spaces, connectedness, and compactness.
Electronic Access:
Table of contents http://www.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/tocs/198276079.pdf
ISBN:
9780131848696
Physical Description:
xvii, 489 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents:
0. Introduction --- 1. Topological Spaces --- 2. Interior, Closure, and Boundary --- 3. Creating New Topological Spaces --- 4. Continuous Functions and Homeomorphisms --- 5. Metric Spaces --- 6. Connectedness --- 7. Compactness --- 8. Dynamical Systems and Chaos --- 9. Homotopy and Degree Theory --- 10. Fixed Point Theorems and Applications --- 11. Embeddings --- 12. Knots --- 13. Graphs and Topology --- 14. Manifolds and Cosmology.
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