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Good day,

I have an engineering background and I recently took an interest in topology. I found this book Topology (2015) by Marco Manetti (ISBN 978-3-319-16958-3) and starting going through it.

Unfortunately I am experiencing a lot of difficulties with his definitions in the introductory chapter, which correspondingly means I can't quite do the exercises contained therein. Although I do understand the set-theoretic notation he uses, I find it difficult to understand the significance of these definitions and to develop a kind of intuition for them. Hence the question: is this book suitable for a beginner in this subject?

Best wishes

MrABBA
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    Munkres' book is something of a standard for introductory topology. (Not that this comment is entirely relevant to your question!) – Eric Thoma Feb 27 '16 at 03:59
  • From just skimming the book, it does seem like it's written for beginners. The first chapter however is really written to motivate the subject and contains a hodgepodge of results. If you're having trouble with the first chapter, consider skipping to chapter 3, where a more standard introduction to general topology begins. If you still don't like the exposition in chapter 3, you can consider switching books (it's nice to have multiple books anyways). See here for some recommendations. – EuYu Feb 27 '16 at 03:59
  • Thanks for the suggestions both of you :) – MrABBA Feb 27 '16 at 04:22

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