Raymond Louis Wilder Quote

Probably no branch of mathematics has experienced a more surprising growth than has... topology... Considered as a most specialized and abstract subject in the early 1920's, it is today [1938] an indispensable equipment for the investigation of modern mathematical theories.


The sphere in topology


Probably no branch of mathematics has experienced a more surprising growth than has... topology... Considered as a most specialized and abstract...

Probably no branch of mathematics has experienced a more surprising growth than has... topology... Considered as a most specialized and abstract...

Probably no branch of mathematics has experienced a more surprising growth than has... topology... Considered as a most specialized and abstract...

Probably no branch of mathematics has experienced a more surprising growth than has... topology... Considered as a most specialized and abstract...