Algebraic topology is a branch of mathematics that uses tools from abstract algebra to study. Oct 29, 2009 the more and more algebraic topology that i learn the more i continue to come back to hatcher for motivation and examples. William massey, a basic course in algebraic topology, gtm 127, springer verlag 1991. Moderately discontinuous algebraic topology for metric. However, imo you should have a working familiarity with euclidean geometry, college algebra, logic or discrete math, and set theory before attempting this book. The whole book as a single rather large pdf file of about 550 pages. For those who have never taken a course or read a book on topology, i think hatcher s book is a decent starting point. One can also find here the parts of the other two books in the sequence that are currently available. Hatcher \notes on introductory pointset topology b.
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I have tried very hard to keep the price of the paperback. Allen hatcher is an american research mathematician and author currently at cornell university. Hatcher, algebraic topology, cambridge university press, 2001. Soon after this, additional structure in the form of certain degeneracy maps was introduced. Algebraic topology cornell department of mathematics. Nov 15, 2001 great introduction to algebraic topology. Pdf kosniowski topologia algebraica zalo h academia.
Topologia algebraica viquipedia, lenciclopedia lliure. For those who have never taken a course or read a book on topology, i think hatchers book is a decent starting point. The basic goal is to find algebraic invariants that classify topological spaces up to homeomorphism, though usually most classify up to homotopy equivalence. Allen hatcher, algebraic topology, cambridge university press 2002. Free algebraic topology books download ebooks online textbooks. Algebraic topology is a branch of mathematics that uses tools from abstract algebra to study topological spaces. Naturally, it may be expected that the naive set theory becomes familiar to a student when she or he studies calculus or algebra, two subjects usually preceding topology. Preface xi eilenberg and zilber in 1950 under the name of semisimplicial complexes. This is a basic note in algebraic topology, it introduce the notion of fundamental groups, covering spaces, methods for computing fundamental groups using seifert van kampen theorem and some applications such as the brouwers fixed point theorem, borsuk ulam theorem, fundamental theorem of algebra. To get an idea you can look at the table of contents and the preface printed version. Hatcher gives a comprehensive book which has been neatly organized into sections.
Algebraic topology cambridge university press, isbn. Allen hatchers homepage cornell department of mathematics. The book was published by cambridge university press in 2002 in both paperback and hardback editions, but only the paperback version is currently available isbn 0521795400. Allen hatcher, on the boundary curves of incompressible surfaces, pacific journal of mathematics 99 1982, no. The more and more algebraic topology that i learn the more i continue to come back to hatcher for motivation and examples. This book is worth its weight in gold just for all the examples both throughout the text and in the exercises. The goal of this part of the book is to teach the language of mathematics. C a r t a d e s c r i p t i v a i topologia algebraica. Hatcher, allen 2002, algebraic topology, cambridge.