In this the author coins a new term to cover the extensive results of the past ten years, obtained largely. American mathematical society, 1942 page images at hathitrust whyburn, gordon thomas, 19041969. Analytic topology ams bookstore american mathematical society. Download topological analysis princeton legacy library pdf. Nonstandard and standard compactifications salbany, s.
Office of scientific research and university of virginia. Analytic topology colloquium publications 9780821810286. Gordon thomas whyburn 7 january 1904 lewisville, texas 8 september 1969 charlottesville, virginia was an american mathematician who worked on topology whyburn studied at the university of texas in austin, where he received a bachelors degree in chemistry in 1925. Under the influence of his teacher robert lee moore, whyburn continued to study at austin but changed to mathematics and. American mathematical so ciety colloquium publications, vol. To quote the author, analytic topology is meant to cover those phases of topology which are being developed advantageously by methods in which continuous transformations play the essential role. Whyburns book 1942, analytic topology, is the best source for a full. He introduced work on cyclic elements, the structure of continua, and the notion of convergents in space. Analytic topology is meant to cover those phases of topology which are being developed advantageously by. Whyburns only child, kenneth gordon, who served on the faculty in mathematics at. Compactness of certain mappings, also by united states. New york city, the american mathematical society, 1942.
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