Lynn Arthur Steen (1941–2015)
Author of Counterexamples in Topology
About the Author
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Works by Lynn Arthur Steen
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Steen, Lynn Arthur
- Birthdate
- 1941-01-01
- Date of death
- 2015-06-21
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Place of death
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Places of residence
- Staten Island, New York, USA
- Education
- Luther College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD - Mathematics) - Occupations
- mathematician
professor emeritus (Mathematics) - Relationships
- Mary E. Steen (wife)
Margaret E. Steen (daughter)
Catherine Wille (daughter)
Kenneth Myron Hoffman (PhD advisor) - Organizations
- St. Olaf College
National Academy of Sciences
Mathematical Association of America (President, 1985-1986) - Awards and honors
- Lester R. Ford Award (1973)
Lester R. Ford Award (1974) - Short biography
- Steen was known among mathematicians for his work in topology and related fields in the 1970's. Then he also became interested in public outreach and mathematics education. He served the 1985-1986 term as president of the MAA.
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On the Shoulders of Giants: New Approaches to Numeracy by National Research Council
While some of the references are dated (computers have come a long way since this was written) overall it was a good read. I was intrigued by the concepts of introducing young children to higher mathematics while not teaching them the theory!! I would only recommend this book to those interested in teaching math and science.
Every student of topology should have this. Steen and Seebach provide instances to illustrate every distinction commonly made in topology (e.g. regular but not normal, T1 but not Hausdorff). In the latter part of the book the authors offer a thorough discussion of metrizability (under what conditions can a topological space be given a metric that "agrees" with its topology?).
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nodier | 1 other review | Jul 6, 2009 |
nodier | 1 other review | Jul 6, 2009 | This book contains a dense covering of point-set topology and over a hundred different topologies over different spaces (as per the book count; some of those include more than one topology over the same space, or one topology over several spaces.) You can learn a great deal about topology just from this book without help. While there are no exercises and no proofs, there are plenty of examples to show why one property of a topology is or is not dependent on another. Thinking your way through the introduction and examples is a great way to learn.
On the down side, there's a topology paper included as an appendix that has little to do with the book and seems to be included just as an important paper on topology. It's way above my head, and I suspect it will be for many years. Also, the exercises seem randomly ordered, which is less of a problem because they are heavily linked by number from all over the book.… (more)
On the down side, there's a topology paper included as an appendix that has little to do with the book and seems to be included just as an important paper on topology. It's way above my head, and I suspect it will be for many years. Also, the exercises seem randomly ordered, which is less of a problem because they are heavily linked by number from all over the book.… (more)
1 prosfilaes | 1 other review | Mar 9, 2007 |
prosfilaes | 1 other review | Mar 9, 2007 | Lists
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- Rating
- 4.4
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
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