Handbook of the History of General Topology

Description

This book is the first one of a work in several volumes, treating the history of the development of topology. The work contains papers which can be classified into 4 main areas. Thus there are contributions dealing with the life and work of individual topologists, with specific schools of topology, with research in topology in various countries, and with the development of topology in different periods. The work is not restricted to topology in the strictest sense but also deals with applications and generalisations in a broad sense. Thus it also treats, e.g., categorical topology, interactions with functional analysis, convergence spaces, and uniform spaces. Written by specialists in the field, it contains a wealth of information which is not available anywhere else.

Subjects

Series Statement

• History of Topology -- 1

Other Editions

• Handbook of the History of General Topology[electronic resource] /Springer Netherlands1997-01-01
• Handbook of the History of General TopologypaperbackAull C E Lowen R2011-01-11