Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #400199 in Books
• Published on: 1975-08-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 196 pages

Customer Reviews

Extremely comprehensive self contained text
Having scouted the shelves at the Nottingham University library, this was the only text I found which gave an introduction into both Metric and Topological Spaces without the prerequisite for deep previous knowledge. The book starts with a recap of some results from real analysis and develops these comprehensively by first looking at properties of Metric spaces and then the more general topological space scenario. It's a very self contained text with good use of examples and counterexamples to assist learning.

Clear and easy to follow
This is an excellent introduction to basic analytic topology and metric spaces. The fundamental concepts are clearly presented and the theory is developed so that it is easy to follow; but the book is also concise and compact (not topologically, I think!!).

I doubt that you could find a better starting place if you want to learn about metric spaces or basic analytic topology.

Excellent course book
This is the book that was used in the (now defunct) M435 Topology course at the Open University. Thus I came to know and love this book.

I've taken a look at a few topology texts and they're all more or less difficult to get to grips with. This one is the most accessible of those.

If you need to understand topology for any reason, or you're studying it and it's not on your list of course works, then get it.