A Topological Picturebook

Praise for George Francis's A Topological Picturebook: Bravo to Springer for reissuing this unique and beautiful book! It not only reminds the older generation of the pleasures of doing mathematics by hand, but also shows the new generation what ``hands on'' really means. - John Still...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Francis, George K. author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Descriptive Topology
  • 2 Methods and Media
  • 3 Pictures in Perspective
  • 4 The Impossible Tribar
  • 5 Shadows from Higher Dimension
  • 6 Sphere Eversions
  • 7 Group Pictures
  • 8 The Figure Eight Knot
  • Postscript.