Introduction to Metric and Topological Spaces, 9780199563074
Hardcover
From real analysis to abstract spaces: continuity revealed and explored.

Introduction to Metric and Topological Spaces

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    220 pages

  • Release Date

    18 June 2009

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Summary

Bridging the Gap: A Journey Through Metric and Topological Spaces

One of the ways in which topology has influenced other branches of mathematics in the past few decades is by putting the study of continuity and convergence into a general setting. This new edition of Wilson Sutherland’s classic text introduces metric and topological spaces by describing some of that influence.

The aim is to move gradually from familiar real analysis to abstract topological spaces, using metri…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780199563074
ISBN-10:0199563071
Author:Wilson A. Sutherland
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:220
Edition:2nd
Release Date:18 June 2009
Weight:455g
Dimensions:232mm x 151mm x 12mm
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Critics Review

Review from previous edition 'This is a well written and to be recommended text... The book contains an excellent collection of exercises together with a guide to help the reader through these problems.''Bulletin of the IMA’…a carefully written introduction… a good, informative, well organized book…“Jahresbericht der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung

About The Author

Wilson A. Sutherland

Wilson A Sutherland was for many years a lecturer in mathematics in the University of Oxford, and a mathematics tutor at New College, Oxford. He has also taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Manchester, and, as a visiting professor, at Yale University and the University of Aberdeen.

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