文档介绍：Preface
General Topology has experienced rapid growth during the spaces in Recent Progress in General Topology (edited by
past fifty years, and nowadays its language and concepts Hušek and van Mill).
pervade much of modern day mathematics. This book is
intended for a munity of scholars and students
working in mathematics and other areas who want to be- Standard references
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