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Lecture Notes on Elementary Topology and Geometry
Singer, I M; Thorpe, J A
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paperback. Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBM; PBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 345.
At the present time, the average undergraduate mathematics major finds mathematics heavily compartmentalized. After the calculus, he takes a course in analysis and a course in algebra. Depending upon his interests (or those of his department), he takes courses in special topics. Ifhe is exposed to topology, it is usually straightforward point set topology; if he is exposed to geom etry, it is usually classical differential geometry. The exciting revelations that there is some unity in mathematics, that fields overlap, that techniques of one field have applications in another, are denied the undergraduate. He must wait until he is well ... Read more
At the present time, the average undergraduate mathematics major finds mathematics heavily compartmentalized. After the calculus, he takes a course in analysis and a course in algebra. Depending upon his interests (or those of his department), he takes courses in special topics. Ifhe is exposed to topology, it is usually straightforward point set topology; if he is exposed to geom etry, it is usually classical differential geometry. The exciting revelations that there is some unity in mathematics, that fields overlap, that techniques of one field have applications in another, are denied the undergraduate. He must wait until he is well ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer United States
Condition
New
Series
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461573494
SKU
V9781461573494
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