General Topology for Beginners

By (author) Jay Mehta

ISBN13: 9781009505888

Imprint: Cambridge University Press

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 31/05/2025

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This textbook focuses on general topology. Meant for graduate and senior undergraduate mathematics students, it introduces topology thoroughly from scratch and assumes minimal basic knowledge of real analysis and metric spaces. It begins with thought-provoking questions to encourage students to learn about topology and how it is related to, yet different from, geometry. Using concepts from real analysis and metric spaces, the definition of topology is introduced along with its motivation and importance. The text covers all the topics of topology, including homeomorphism, subspace topology, weak topology, product topology, quotient topology, coproduct topology, order topology, metric topology, and topological properties such as countability axioms, separation axioms, compactness, and connectedness. It also helps to understand the significance of various topological properties in classifying topological spaces.
1. Preliminaries; 2. Topological Spaces 3. Continuous Functions; 4. Techniques of Creating Topologies: New from Old; 5. The Topology of Metric Spaces; 6. Countability Axioms; 7. Separation Axioms; 8. Compactness; 9. Connectedness; Appendix: From General Topology to Algebraic Topology; References; Index.
  • Topology
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
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