Handbook of the History of General Topology - History of Topology

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexTable of Contents: Introduction. Combinatorial Topology Versus Point-set Topology; I. M. James. Elements of the History of Locale Theory; P. Johnstone. Nonsymmetric Distances and their Associated Topologies: About the Origins of Basic Ideas in the Area of Asymmetric Topology; H.-P. A. Kunzi. Supercategories of Top and the Inevitable Emergence of Topological Constructs; E. Lowen-Colebunders, R. Lowen. Topological Features of Topological Groups; M. G. Tkachenko. History of Shape Theory and its Application to General Topology; S. Mardesic, J. Segal. A History of the Normal Moore Space Problem; P. J. Nyikos. Index."Publisher Marketing: This volume mainly focuses on various comprehensive topological theories, with the exception of a paper on combinatorial topology versus point-set topology by I. M. James and a paper on the history of the normal Moore space problem by P. Nyikos. The history of the following theories is given.

Contributor Bio:  Lowen, R Rainer Lowen is Full Professor of Mathematics at Institut fur Analysis und Algebra, Universitat Braunschweig, Germany.