Elements of the Topology of Plane Sets of Points

by M. H. A. Newman

Overview

This book provides an elementary introduction to the ideas and methods of topology by the detailed study of certain topics. There are elegant but rigorous proofs of many of the basic theorems and special attention is given to the results needed in the theory of functions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521091862
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/02/1951
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

Preface to the second edition; 1. Sets; 2. Closed sets and open sets in metric spaces; 3. Homeomorphism and continuous mappings; 4. Connection; 5. Separation theorems; 6. Simply- and multiply-connected plane domains; 7. Homotopy properties; Notes; Index.