# Category Archives: Math.AT

## A MSE Collection: Topology Book References

Today, yet another question was posted on Math.Stackexchange (this time by the new user avatar) asking for topology references. This has been asked a few times before, but somehow the answers are a little bit different. So, as if I were responding to Ramana Venkata’s post on the meta about a consolidated topology resource, based upon the answers at MSE, and to facilitate topology references in the future, I am writing this blog post.

To be clear, this is a compilation of much (not all) of the discussion in the following questions (and their answers): best book for topology? by jgg, Can anybody recommend me a topology textbook? by henryforever14, choosing a topology text by A B, Introductory book on Topology by someguy, Reference for general-topology by newbie, Learning Homology and Cohomology by Refik Marul, What is a good Algebraic topology reference text? by babgen, Learning Roadmap for Algebraic Topology by msnaber, What algebraic topology book to read after Hatcher’s? by weylishere, Best Algebraic Topology book/Alternative to Allen Hatcher free book? by simplicity, and Good book on homology by yaa09d. And I insert my own thoughts and resources, when applicable. Ultimately, this is a post aimed at people beginning to learn topology, perhaps going towards homology and cohomology (rather than towards a manifolds-type, at least for now).

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