A First Course in Topology: An Introduction to Mathematical Thinking (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486780016)

Students must prove all of the theorems in this undergraduate-level text, which features extensive outlines to assist in study and comprehension. Thorough and well-written, the treatment provides sufficient material for a one-year undergraduate course. The logical presentation anticipates students' questions, and complete definitions and expositions of topics relate new concepts to previously discussed subjects.
Most of the material focuses on point-set topology with the exception of the last chapter. Topics include sets and functions, infinite sets and transfinite numbers, topological spaces and basic concepts, product spaces, connectivity, and compactness. Additional subjects include separation axioms, complete spaces, and homotopy and the fundamental group. Numerous hints and figures illuminate the text.

Author: Robert A. Conover
ISBN-10: 0486780015
ISBN-13: 9780486780016
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 05/21/2014
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.14h x 6.08w x 0.57d