Introduction to topology: pure and applied

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 rea...

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Main Authors: Adams, Colin Conrad 1956- (Author), Franzosa, Robert (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, NJ Pearson Prentice Hall 2008
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:XVII, 489 S. Ill., zahlr. graph. Darst.
ISBN:0131848690
9780131848696

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