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Handbook of the History of General Topology

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
  2. Felix Hausdorff (1868 – 1942)

    • Gerhard Preuß
    Pages 1-19
  3. Witold Hurewicz — Life and Work

    • Karol Borsuk
    Pages 79-84
  4. The Early Work of F. B. Jones

    • Mary Ellen Rudin
    Pages 85-96
  5. Some Topologists of the 1940s

    • A. H. Stone
    Pages 105-109
  6. Miroslav Katětov (1918 – 1995)

    • Petr Simon
    Pages 111-111
  7. Origins of Dimension Theory

    • Miroslav Katĕtov, Petr Simon
    Pages 113-134
  8. Rings of Continuous Functions in the 1950s

    • Melvin Henriksen
    Pages 243-253
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 391-397

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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