Topology: An Introduction with Application to Topological Groups

by George McCarty

Book Overview

"Admirably meets the topology requirements for the pregraduate training of research mathematicians." - American Mathematical Monthly Topology, sometimes described as "rubber-sheet geometry," is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486656330
• ISBN13: 9780486656335
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Excellent for Self-Teaching

I am teaching myself mathematics and I love this book. Not being an expert at math, I can't speak for everyone when I say that this book is at times very challenging. But, in my case, that is part of why I find it so enjoyable; unlike all of the other (math) books I presently own, its difficulty really inspires me to read further.

An oldy but a goody

A good succinct presentation of the basics of topology with topological groups folded in. The writing is easy to follow, but the book is definitely not light on rigor.May not work well for a one-semester course, as the topology and group theory are interwoven fairly substantially. One does not need to know group theory before reading the book, but one cannot easily escape it and still get at all the topology.