MATH0055 reading list

There are no books that you must read but here are selection of books that you might find helpful.

• Topology (2nd edition) by J.R. Munkres (516.11 MUN SHORT-LOAN).
  I have not read this but it comes highly recommended by previous lecturers of this unit. It is supposed to cover all the course material and more.

• Topology : a first course by J.R. Munkres (516.11 MUN).
  First edition of the above: still good but does not have the classification of surfaces.

• Introduction to Metric and Topological Spaces by W.A. Sutherland (513.22 SUT).
  One of my favourites! Dead clear but does not do the classification of surfaces.

• Basic topology by M.A. Armstrong (516.11 ARM).
  Another of my favourites.

• Algebraic topology: an introduction by W.S. Massey (516.12 MAS).
  A bit advanced but the first chapter gives an account of the classification of surfaces.

• Counterexamples in topology by L.A. Steen and J.A. Seebach (516.113 STE ).
  If you need a counter-example or just want to contemplate the weird spaces that exist, this is the book for you.