Mathematical and Molecular Topology by Lorentz JÄNTSCHI and Mihaela TomescuEnglish | PDF | 2023 | 80 Pages | ISBN : N/A | 5.9 MB
Topology is one of the fundamental tools in relating entities. Topology naturally finds application in all fields of engineering, physical sciences, life sciences, social sciences, medicine, business and even the arts. The motivating insight behind topology is that some geometric problems depend not on the exact shape of the objects involved, but rather on the way they are put together. Circa 1750, Euler stated the polyhedron formula, V − E + F = 2 (where V, E, and F respectively indicate the number of vertices, edges, and faces of the polyhedron), which may be regarded as the first theorem, signaling the birth of topology. Subjects included in topology are algebraic topology and graph theory. A related branch to graph theory is molecular topology (with concerns of either chemical or biological structure).