Handbook of the History of General Topology - History of Topology 1st Ed. Softcover of Orig. Ed. 1997 edition

Marc Notes: Originally published: Dordrecht; London: Kluwer Academic, 1997.; Includes index.; Together with the two previous volumes, this work focuses on the history of topology in all its aspects. It presents views and insights into the problems and development of topological theories and applications of topological concepts. Table of Contents: Introduction. Felix Hausdorff (1868-1942); G. Preusz. Frederic Riesz' Contributions to the Foundations of General Topology; W. J. Thron. The Contributions of L. Vietoris and H. Tietze to the Foundations of General Topology; H. Reitberger. Some Aspects of the Work and Influence of R. L. Moore; B. Fitzpatrick Jr. The Works of Bronislaw Knaster (1893-1980) in Continuum Theory; J. J. Charatonik. Witold Hurewicz - Life and Work; K. Borsuk. The Early Work of F. B. Jones; M. E. Rudin. The Beginning of Topology in the United States and the Moore School; F. Burton Jones. Some Topologists of the 1940s; A. H. Stone. Miroslav Katetov (1918-1995); P. Simon. Origins of Dimension Theory; M. Katetov, P. Simon. General Topology, in Particular Dimension Theory, in The Netherlands: the Decisive Influence of Brouwer's Intuitionism; T. Koetsier, J. van Mill. The Flowering of General Topology in Japan; J. Nagata. Rings of Continuous Functions in the 1950s; M. Henriksen. Categorical Topology - Its Origins, as Exemplified by the Unfolding of the Theory of Topological Reflections and Coreflections before 1971; H. Herrlich, G. Strecker. History of Sequential Convergence Spaces; R. Fric. Interaction between General Topology and Functional Analysis; E. Kreyszig. Index. Publisher Marketing: Together with the two previous volumes, this work focuses on the history of topology in all its aspects. It presents views and insights into the problems and development of topological theories and applications of topological concepts. Contributor Bio:  Lowen, R Rainer Lowen is Full Professor of Mathematics at Institut fur Analysis und Algebra, Universitat Braunschweig, Germany.