Subject: Re: one posting From: Prof T Porter Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:30:11 +0100 To: Don Davis Don Davis wrote: > Only one posting today............DMD > ____________________________________________________________ > > Subject: for the list > From: "W. Stephen Wilson" > Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:01:16 -0400 (EDT) > > For the list: > > Looks like I'll be teaching differential topology for undergraduate > math majors next term. They will have had multivariable calculus > and either point set topology or intro to analysis with its topology. > > It's been a long time since I taught this course. I'm hoping there > is finally a good book out there. Any suggestions? > > Steve > > > W. Stephen Wilson (410) 516-7413 > Department of Mathematics FAX (410) 516-5549 > Johns Hopkins University > Baltimore, MD 21218 wsw@math.jhu.edu > > http://www.math.jhu.edu/~wsw/ One book that I like the look of is Janich: Vector analysis, (Springer, UTM series). It would bridge the gap between advanced calculus and differential forms. It does not cover differential topology as such however. Tim Porter, Bangor.