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Identifying Structure In Introductory Topology: Diagrams, Examples, And Gestures, Keith N. Gallagher
Identifying Structure In Introductory Topology: Diagrams, Examples, And Gestures, Keith N. Gallagher
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
Despite the prevalence of research in calculus, linear algebra, abstract algebra, and analysis in undergraduate mathematics, the teaching and learning of general topology is a largely unexplored area of research. Although enrollment in courses like linear algebra is often higher than that of topology, the study of students’ learning and understanding of topology is of great significance to the Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (RUME) community. Courses in topology present many students with their first experience in axiomatic reasoning and explicit interactions with mathematical structure, itself.
I present a thorough case study of Stacey, an undergraduate taking a first course …
Connectedness- Its Evolution And Applications, Nicholas A. Scoville
Connectedness- Its Evolution And Applications, Nicholas A. Scoville
Topology
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Nearness Without Distance, Nicholas A. Scoville
The Cantor Set Before Cantor, Nicholas A. Scoville
The Cantor Set Before Cantor, Nicholas A. Scoville
Topology
A special construction used in both analysis and topology today is known as the Cantor set. Cantor used this set in a paper in the 1880s. Yet it appeared as early as 1875 in a paper by the Irish mathematician Henry John Stephen Smith (1826 - 1883). Smith, who is best known for the Smith normal form of a matrix, was a professor at Oxford who made great contributions in matrix theory and number theory. In this project, we will explore parts of a paper he wrote titled On the Integration of Discontinuous Functions.
Topology From Analysis, Nicholas A. Scoville
Topology From Analysis, Nicholas A. Scoville
Topology
Topology is often described as having no notion of distance, but a notion of nearness. How can such a thing be possible? Isn't this just a distinction without a difference? In this project, we will discover the notion of nearness without distance by studying the work of Georg Cantor and a problem he was investigating involving Fourier series. We will see that it is the relationship of points to each other, and not their distances per se, that is a proper view. We will see the roots of topology organically springing from analysis.