Subject: Re: three postings From: Mariano Suarez-Alvarez Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:07:45 -0300 (ART) >> >> Subject: book query >> From: Tom Goodwillie >> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:29:01 -0500 >> >> What would you suggest to a student who wants a text on singular >> homology that is "Theorem-Proof-Theorem-Proof", "like something by Serre". >> I enjoyed Greenberg and Harper's book when I first read about homology for the combination of actual proofs and ideas. YMMV. -- m -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mariano Suárez-Alvarez Departamento de Matemática Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón I. Buenos Aires (1428). Argentina. http://mate.dm.uba.ar/~aldoc9 _________________________________________________________________ Subject: Re: three postings From: Robert Bruner Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 22:05:36 -0500 (EST) Tom, I still like Spanier. It takes some decoding but is very careful, precise and general. (Caveat: these comments are based on my reaction 30 years ago when I read it. I have only occasionally had the courage to make students read it.) Bob Bruner