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Handbook of the History of General Topology

Part of the book series: History of Topology (HIPO, volume 2)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. From Developments to Developable Spaces

    • S. D. Shore
    Pages 467-540
  3. A History of Generalized Metrizable Spaces

    • R. E. Hodel
    Pages 541-576
  4. The Historical Development of Uniform, Proximal, and Nearness Concepts in Topology

    • H. L. Bentley, H. Herrlich, M. HuÅ¡ek
    Pages 577-629
  5. Hausdorff Compactifications: A Retrospective

    • Richard E. Chandler, Gary D. Faulkner
    Pages 631-667
  6. Minimal Hausdorff Spaces — Then and Now

    • Jack R. Porter, Robert M. Stephenson Jr.
    Pages 669-687
  7. History of Continuum Theory

    • Janusz J. Charatonik
    Pages 703-786
  8. Why I Study the History of Mathematics

    • Douglas E. Cameron
    Pages 787-789
  9. The Alexandroff-Sorgenfrey Line

    • Douglas E. Cameron
    Pages 791-796
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 799-808

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/10.1007/978-94-017-1756-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5030-9Published: 31 March 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-5023-6Published: 27 January 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-1756-4Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1388-4336

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 410

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

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