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- From: arodgers@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Angus H Rodgers)
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- Subject: Re: Mathmatics
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.170108.21521@dcs.qmw.ac.uk>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 17:01:08 GMT
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- In <1h941vINNjoq@hilbert.math.ksu.edu>
- frandag@math.ksu.edu (Francis Fung) writes:
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- >Then there is Topology. You will probably want to know some point-set topology
- >to get started; some is covered in the analysis books. For more, there is
- >Munkres' "Topology" and an assortment of Dover books. Be warned that no
- >topology book is perfect, and a lot of them are pretty mediocre.
-
- True. You will certainly have to refer to several books, but if you
- have to buy just one, the shortlist should contain:
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- General topology / Stephen Willard.
- Reading (Mass.) : Addison-Wesley, 1970.
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- as well as the classics by Kelley and Bourbaki.
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