MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS AND METHODS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Series Editor: Angelo Mile ay Me Bonen and Chae aaa Tar ante ence 2a tame ~ Topology and Maps ‘TAQDIR HUSAIN PLENUM PRESS . NEW YORK AND LONDONsng ei st a Frc an Se abet ie a art mesos “Salinas 10 MY PARENTSPreface “This work suitable or undergraduate students a5 well asadvanced stents sn esearch workers connie of fn chapter, the Sat i of Which re ‘ean for beginners ad ae therefore suitable for undergradoat students ‘Chapters VIPX are stable for advanod stadens and research workers interred in anetional als "This book has two ses fentres: Fin, contains peeralizations of ‘ontnsous maps on tpologie spces, anos continous np, neatly ‘Sontinoous maps, map with lowed paph,arapbicaly continuous aps, ‘rcontingss map and continuous tap, et andsomeof i properie. “The eatmont ofthese noone appear ee Chae VIL othe st ine in book form. “The scood festre consis in some notso-aiy-aalable nuptial sights tht pew out ofthe mariage of topology and foetion ana ‘hey are tpi mal cour by fonctonl arate and seldom given in topology book. Specify one knows that he se UX) of al eal or om ‘Beralied continuous functions ons completely regular space X forms @ Foally conver topolopcal algebra, fort a topological veto space, in ‘hecompuct-open opaogy A nue af theorems are known For example, {CCX iva Bante spc Hf Xie compact, or CL) 8 complet IT is ‘spac, and uo on. Chapter VII and X cde thi materi which, tthe ‘egret of many interested readers ha not previously been avaible a book form (ereen publication (Wei [105 does, howeer, contain some materi of our Chapt X), ‘Sine the tiatinent of the abovementioned material egurs a basic understanding of topolnial spaces, inprative 10 fist del withthe ti fact in topology.