Hocking J.G., Young G.S. Topology

Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1961. — 374 p.We have designed this book as a text for a one-year first course in topology. A few words about prerequisites for a successful study of this book are in order. It has been our experience that the student should have had the elements of set theory and should have had, or be studying concurrently, courses in group theory and the theory of functions. A knowledge of higher geometry is also desirable. It is not that this much"mathematical maturity"is necessary, although it is decidedly advantageous. But we do draw examples and motivation from analysis and geometry and depend heavily upon group-theoretic results in the later chapters.