WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., March 21, 2008 -- "Introduction to Topology," co-authored by mathematics professor Colin Adams, was recently released by Pearson Prentice Hall. "Introduction to Topology" is ...

Topology―the branch of mathematics that studies the properties of spaces that remain unaffected by stretching and other distortions―can present significant challenges for undergraduate students of ...

Topology has real implications in the world. For example, topological techniques can be brought to bear on calculating the trajectories of spacecraft, and missions have been saved by the efforts of ...

Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.

Point-free topology provides an alternative framework to classical topology by focusing on the lattice of open sets rather than on the individual points of a space. At its core, this approach replaces ...