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Can anyone recommend a good introductory text for topology?




Munkres is very good. If you're after algebraic topology, Hatcher is also good (and freely available online).


I second Hatcher. His AT book is a goto for me. He also has introduction to point set topology notes on his site which are appropriate for someone without a math background.


Recently I've been reading 'Introduction to Topology' by Mendelson, it's very good so far, although I'm skipping the exercises for the first reading (First reading to try and get the concepts, second reading to solidify them).

It's actually availible free from archive.org[0], which is a huge plus.

[0]: https://archive.org/details/IntroductionToTopology


I really like the Munkres book (just called "Topology").


For an overview of applied topology, Ghrist's Elementary Applied Topology is full of interesting ideas. Not rigorous, but inspiring. https://www.math.upenn.edu/~ghrist/notes.html


A lot depends on where you're starting from, what you want to know, and why you want to know it.




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