Reviews for Partially Ordered Abelian Groups with Interpolation

The average rating for Partially Ordered Abelian Groups with Interpolation based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-01-04 00:00:00 Maurizio Vinciguerra There is no such thing as a good book on topology. If we accept this axiom, then Bredon does a decent job presenting the subject. The book begins with an introduction of general topology (open sets, continuous functions etc. up to topological groups) which is very good. The second part is on differential topology, and then the remainder of the book covers algebraic topology (homotopy and (co)homology), and the coverage is quite extensive. When someone writes a book of 500+ pages, it can be expected that at some points in the process they tire and it shows in the book; there is a certain inconsistency in the quality of the presentation and the level of detail. Unfortunately, sometimes very important concepts are submerged in these "lazy" chapters with sketchy explanations, and it is hard to follow the path once you stumble for the first time. The optional chapters indicated with a * are a hit and miss, often just long chunks of text with sketchy explanations that require additional literature to understand. To put it in perspective, comparable books (e.g. Hatcher's Algebraic Topology) do not do a better job here.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-13 00:00:00 Lee Yan Jie Recommended by Claus Diem