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A History of Algebraic and Differential Topology (1900 - 1960)

By Jean Dieudonne

Book information

Publisher
Birkhäuser Boston
Year
1989
ISBN
9780817633882, 081763388X
LCC
QA612 .D54 1989
Open Library ID
OL2038123M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
483 kB (494739 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
17\17
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

A classic available again! This book traces the history of algebraic topology beginning with its creation by Henry Poincaré in 1900, and describing in detail the important ideas introduced in the theory before 1960. In its first thirty years the field seemed limited to applications in algebraic geometry, but this changed dramatically in the 1930s with the creation of differential topology by Georges De Rham and Elie Cartan and of homotopy theory by Witold Hurewicz and Heinz Hopf. The influence of topology began to spread to more and more branches as it gradually took on a central place in mathematics. Written by a world-renowned mathematician, this book will make exciting reading for anyone working with topology.

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