Reflections on the history of topology

DOI10.1007/BF02925355zbMath0907.01037MaRDI QIDQ3840710

Ioan M. James

Publication date: 4 March 1999

Published in: Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico e Fisico di Milano (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

algebraic-differential-geometric topology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of manifolds and cell complexes (57-03) History of algebraic topology (55-03) History of general topology (54-03)

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