I have a B.S in physics but have never studied any math outside the usual calculus & differential equations core. For years I've thought it would be nice to know some topology. Mainly I'm wondering if the ideas in topology can be applied to some stuff I'm interested in.
Today I picked up a topology text in a bookstore and flipped through it. The introduction says there aren't any formal prerequisites for the subject, but it looks scary because a lot of the notation is unfamiliar. I could see it taking me years to decipher it.
So my questions are: how learnable is it, what's a good text, and is there a good informal monograph that covers the major concepts?
2006-12-02
12:11:29
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grotereber
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