Page 2 - Elementary Concepts of Topology
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TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
IN TRANSLATING this work, I have made no attempt to revise it, but have
merely tried to preserve it in its proper historical perspective, and have
made only a few minor modifications and corrections in the process. I have
inserted a footnote and several parenthetical notes in an effort to clarify
the material or to indicate the current terminology, and have actually
changed the notation in several places (notably that for the homology
groups) to avoid confusion and to bring it into consonance with modern
usage.
I wish to express my gratitude to Jon Beck, Basil Gordon and Robert
Johnstone for their invaluable aid in the preparation of this translation.
ALAN E. PARLEY
Ann Arbor, Michigan
January, 1960.
