Category:Topology
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Topology is a geometry of transformations in which the only invariant is continuity.
Definitions specific to this category can be found in Definitions/Topology.
The original name of this subject was geometria situs, or analysis situs (i.e. geometry / analysis of position).
The word topology was coined by Johann Benedict Listing in a letter of 1836
The word was first published in the title of Listing's 1847 book Vorstudien zur Topologie, but the word never caught on until the 1920's.
References
- ↑ John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Johann Benedict Listing": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
Subcategories
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Pages in category "Topology"
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