Introduction to Topology: Third Edition

Although the book is very short (around 150 pages), it covers the basics of topology very thoroughly and should prepare the reader for the considerably more abstruse Spanier's Algebraic Topology or other texts of such ilk.

If you are a recreational topologist, or are simply tryinging to figure out which way is up in your first topology course, this is for you.


Ideal for self-study   May 4, 2002
 14 out of 17 found this review helpful

This book is ideal for self-study. If you have not had the luxury of taking a topology course during your undergraduate studies, but you need to know some topology and you have to study it by yourself, this is the book you need. It is very readable and it explains carefully every concept. However, it is just an introductory text and it contains only basic material. You don't have to invest a lot of time to study the material in this book: let's say 40-60 hours of study are enough to grasp everything. I reccomend it especially to those graduate students of applied mathematics, finance, statistics or economics, who need to use some basic result from topology in their work.


Great book on Topology   January 17, 2007
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

I bought this book for my own enlightenment after already having a course in Topology here at Penn State University. What I find most interesting about this book is that the author explains the philosophy on the ideas and what we are really trying to say with these definitions and theorems. The book I used in my course didn't explain much at all so it would have been much more difficult to teach yourself from this book. Topology is somewhat abstract so if you're looking to study Topology this is a great book to start. A word of advice, read over a theorem and proof and try to reproduce it on paper from your mind. Help yourself from the book a bit along the way if necessary. You will learn much more this way as opposed to following along the proofs in the book as you read. You might also be interested in Counterexamples in Topology, a book with thousands of counterexamples.


I Love This Book!   May 17, 2008
 0 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a great introduction to topology for undergraduates! I highly recommend it's use as a text since there are no solutiions in the back. The minute I got my hands on it, I fell in love. However, this book may need to be supplemented by other material in a topology class.


Intro to Topology   September 21, 2007
 0 out of 1 found this review helpful

This is a wonderful book to start your topological studies with. It has many problems for one to do so one can practice and study and have the ability to make the grade on one's tests