Whyburn topology

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Originally published in In he published his famous text Analytic Topology in which he says [ 1 ] :- Analytic topology is meant to cover those phases of topology which are being developed advantageously by methods in which continuous transformations play the essential role.

A reviewer of the book [ 1 ] wrote:- Were the volume a mere collection of the theory developed in diverse papers in recent years, it would be worthwhile as a source book for present and future workers in transformations.

However, it is much more than that. Some of the results are new and much of the treatment is new, some of the proofs acquiring an elegance and polish they sadly lacked in the original papers.

The book was the result of further developing material which Whyburn had presented as American Mathematical Society Colloquium lecturer in Later major texts by Whyburn were Topological analysis and Dynamic topology which was jointly authored by Edwin Duda and was published 10 years after Whyburn's death.

The term "dynamic topology", writes Whyburn [ 6 ] Although Whyburn spent his career from at Virginia, he did make frequent visits for summer teaching. In addition he took study leave in - 53 at Stanford, and - 57 spent in England and Switzerland. He retired from his role as chairman at Virginia after he suffered a heart attack in He regained his health but died three years later of a heart attack Whyburn's character is summed up in [ 1 ] :- Whyburn was a very private man. He was quiet and shy, and remarkably gentle with students and family.

But in moments of administrative crisis, he could be extremely tough when he had to be. A man of brilliance, with a remarkable speed in research, he nevertheless believed deeply in continuity and patience, and that it was the total record of accomplishment of a lifetime that mattered most. References show. G T Whyburn, Dynamic topology, Amer.