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001 2014930102
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005 20150912131219.0
008 140103t20142014enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2014930102
020 $a9780198702337$q(hbk)
020 $a0198702337$q(hbk)
020 $a9780198702344$q(pbk)
020 $a0198702345$q(pbk)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn890900685
040 $aDLC$beng$cCUD$erda$dOCLCO$dNGU$dOCLCF$dMUU$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aQA611$b.M384 2014
082 04 $a514$223
100 1 $aMcCluskey, Aisling,$eauthor.
245 10 $aUndergraduate topology :$ba working textbook /$cAisling McCluskey (Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, National University of Ireland, Galway), Brian McMaster (Honorary Senior Lecturer, Queen's University Belfast).
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aOxford :$bOxford University Press,$c2014.
264 4 $c©2014
300 $axii, 144 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 141) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Topological spaces -- Continuity and convergence -- Invariants -- Base and product -- Separation axioms.
520 $aThis textbook offers an accessible, modern introduction at undergraduate level to an area known variously as general topology, point-set topology or analytic topology with a particular focus on helping students to build theory for themselves. It is the result of several years of the authors' combined university teaching experience stimulated by sustained interest in advanced mathematical thinking and learning, alongside established research careers in analytic topology. Point-set topology is a discipline that needs relatively little background knowledge, but sufficient determination to grasp ideas precisely and to argue with straight and careful logic. Research and long experience in undergraduate mathematics education suggests that an optimal way to learn such a subject is to teach it to yourself, pro-actively, by guided reading of brief skeleton notes and by doing your own spadework to fill in the details and to flesh out the examples. This text will facilitate such an approach for those learners who opt to do it this way and for those instructors who would like to encourage this so-called 'Moore approach', even for a modest segment of the teaching term or for part of the class. In reality, most students simply do not have the combination of time, background and motivation needed to implement such a plan fully. The accessibility, flexibility and completeness of this text enable it to be used equally effectively for more conventional instructor-led courses. Critically, it furnishes a rich variety of exercises and examples, many of which have specimen solutions, through which to gain in confidence and competence. --$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aTopology$vTextbooks.
650 7 $aTopology.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01152692
655 7 $aTextbooks.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423863
700 1 $aMcMaster, Brian,$eauthor.