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Handbook of the History of General Topology

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Editors:
  1. C. E. Aull

    1. Department of Mathematics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

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  2. R. Lowen

    1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, RUCA, Antwerp, Belgium

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Part of the book series: History of Topology (HIPO, volume 1)

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Felix Hausdorff (1868 – 1942)

    • Gerhard Preuß
    Pages 1-19

  3. Frederic Riesz’ Contributions to the Foundations of General Topology

    • W. J. Thron
    Pages 21-29

  4. The Contributions of L. Vietoris and H. Tietze to the Foundations of General Topology

    • Heinrich Reitberger
    Pages 31-40

  5. Some Aspects of the Work and Influence of R. L. Moore

    • Ben Fitzpatrick Jr.
    Pages 41-61

  6. The Works of Bronisław Knaster (1893–1980) in Continuum Theory

    • Janusz J. Charatonik
    Pages 63-78

  7. Witold Hurewicz — Life and Work

    • Karol Borsuk
    Pages 79-84

  8. The Early Work of F. B. Jones

    • Mary Ellen Rudin
    Pages 85-96

  9. The Beginning of Topology in the United States and the Moore School

    • F. Burton Jones
    Pages 97-103

  10. Some Topologists of the 1940s

    • A. H. Stone
    Pages 105-109

  11. Miroslav Katětov (1918 – 1995)

    • Petr Simon
    Pages 111-111

  12. Origins of Dimension Theory

    • Miroslav Katĕtov, Petr Simon
    Pages 113-134

  13. General Topology, in Particular Dimension Theory, in the Netherlands: The Decisive Influence of Brouwer’s Intuitionism

    • Teun Koetsier, Jan Van Mill
    Pages 135-180

  14. The Flowering of General Topology in Japan

    • J. Nagata
    Pages 181-241

  15. Rings of Continuous Functions in the 1950s

    • Melvin Henriksen
    Pages 243-253

  16. Categorical Topology — Its Origins, as Exemplified by the Unfolding of the Theory of Topological Reflections and Coreflections before 1971

    • Horst Herrlich, George Strecker
    Pages 255-341

  17. History of Sequential Convergence Spaces

    • R. Frič
    Pages 343-355

  18. Interaction between General Topology and Functional Analysis

    • Erwin Kreyszig
    Pages 357-389

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 391-397
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

    C. E. Aull

  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, RUCA, Antwerp, Belgium

    R. Lowen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Handbook of the History of General Topology

  • Editors: C. E. Aull, R. Lowen

  • Series Title: History of Topology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0468-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-4479-7Published: 31 March 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4820-2Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-0468-7Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1388-4336

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 397

  • Topics: Topology, History of Mathematical Sciences, Philosophy of Science, History, general

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