Handbook of the History of General Topology / Edition 1

by C.E. Aull, R. Lowen

Overview

This volume mainly focuses on various comprehensive topological theori es, with the exception of a paper on combinatorial topology versus poi nt-set topology by I.M. James and a paper on the history of the normal Moore space problem by P. Nyikos. The history of the following theor ies is given: pointfree topology, locale and frame theory (P. Johnston e), non-symmetric distances in topology (H.-P. K nzi), categorical top ology and topological constructs (E. Lowen-Colebunders and B. Lowen), topological groups (M. G. Tkacenko) and finally shape theory (S. Marde |ic and J. Segal).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792369707
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	12/31/2001
Series:	History of Topology , #3
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	1223
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.36(d)

Table of Contents

Wac?aw Sierpiński (1882–1969) — His Life and Work in Topology.- The Works of Stefan Mazurkiewicz in Topology.- Kazimierz Kuratowski (1896–1980) — His Life and Work in Topology.- R.H. Bing’s Human and Mathematical Vitality.- From Developments to Developable Spaces.- A History of Generalized Metrizable Spaces.- The Historical Development of Uniform, Proximal, and Nearness Concepts in Topology.- Hausdorff Compactifications: A Retrospective.- Minimal Hausdorff Spaces — Then and Now.- A History of Results on Orderability and Suborderability.- History of Continuum Theory.- Why I Study the History of Mathematics.- The Alexandroff-Sorgenfrey Line.- The Flowering of General Topology in Japan — Correction.