Foundations of combinatorial topology

L .S. Pontryagin0486406857, 9780486406855

Concise, rigorous introduction to homology theory features applications to dimension theory and fixed-point theorems. Lucid coverage of the field includes examinations of complexes and their Betti groups, invariance of the Betti groups, and continuous mappings and fixed points. Proofs are presented in a complete and careful manner. A beneficial text for a graduate-level course, “this little book is an extremely valuable addition to the literature of algebraic topology.”—The Mathematical Gazette. Unabr. repub. of 1952 ed.