Topics in Topology
Solomon Lefschetz pioneered the field of topology--the study of the properties of many-sided figures and their ability to deform, twist, and stretch without changing their shape. According to Lefschetz, "If it''s just turning the crank, it''s algebra, but if it''s got an idea in it, it''s topology." The very word topology comes from the title of an earlier Lefschetz monograph published in 1920. In...
Solomon Lefschetz pioneered the field of topology--the study of the properties of many-sided figures and their ability to deform, twist, and stretch without changing their shape. According to Lefschetz, "If it''s just turning the crank, it''s algebra, but if it''s got an idea in it, it''s topology." The very word topology comes from the title of an earlier Lefschetz monograph published in 1920. In...
