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Date: 07 Sep 2008 12:43:22
From: samsloan
Subject: General Topology by John L. Kelley
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General Topology is not only a textbook, it is also an invaluable
reference work for all mathematicians working the field of analysis.
It has long been out of print, but a whole generation of
mathematicians, including myself, learned their topology from this
book.
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There are no wasted words in Kelley=92s presentation; every sentence is
short and to the point, but the student would do well to contemplate
each of them, for they are pregnant with subtle implications.
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The numerous problems that follow each chapter are well chosen to
complete the students=92 understanding of the topics discussed.
THIS VOLUME gives a systematic exposition of the part of general
topology which has proven useful in several branches of mathematics
and is intended especially as a background for modern analysis.
One of the many features of this volume is the wealth and diversity of
problem material which includes counter-examples and numerous
applications of general topology to different fields. The appendix,
which is entirely independent of the rest of the book, includes an
axiomatic treatment of set theory.
The author has included the most commonly used terminology, and all
terms are listed in the index. As a reference, this book offers a
unique coverage of topology.
JOHN L. KELLEY, was the national teacher for the Continental Classroom
modern algebra course and Professor of Mathematics and Chairman of the
Department of Mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley.
Before joining the Berkeley faculty in 1947, he taught at the
Universities of Notre Dame and Chicago. He served as visiting
associate professor at Tulane University and the University of Kansas
and as Fulbright Research Professor at Cambridge University. Dr.
Kelley was a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N.
J., in 1945-46 and a National Science Foundation Post Doctoral Fellow
in 1953-54.
His other publications include Introduction to Modern Algebra (1960)
and Exterior Ballistics (with Edward James McShane and F. V. Reno,
1953) as well as numerous research papers dealing with general
topology and functional analysis. Dr. Kelley, was a member of the
American Mathematical Society, the Committee on the Undergraduate
Program of the Mathematical Association of America, and the Panel on
Teacher Training of the School Mathematics Study Group.
John Leroy Kelley was born on December 6, 1916 in Kansas. He died on
Nov. 26, 1999 at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland,
California of complications resulting from surgery.
In 1950, at the height of the McCarthy Era during the Korean War,
Kelley became involved in the "Loyalty Oath Controversy". Senator
McCarthy had declared, falsely, that more than 200 employees of the
United States Department of State were "Card Carrying Communists".
This led the Board of Regents of the University of California to vote
to require that all employees of the University of California sign a
"loyalty oath" declaring that they were not Communists and did not
advocate the violent overthrow of the Government of the United States.
This was correctly seen by most university professors as an attempt to
regulate thought. Although most academics objected, the majority
eventually signed the loyalty oath in order to keep their jobs. Kelley
was one of the few who refused to sign, correctly pointing out that
loyalty to the government should not be a qualification to teach a
subject such as mathematics.
Eventually, in 1950, Kelley was one of 31 professors and one of three
in the Math Department who were expelled from the University of
California for refusing to sign the Loyalty Oath. Other famous non-
signers included Edward Tolman, after whom Tolman Hall is now named,
and David Saxon, a UCLA professor who later become President of the
University of California.
After being expelled, Kelley then went to Tulane University where he
wrote this book, General Topology.
In 1952, the California Supreme Court declared the Loyalty Oath to be
unconstitutional and ordered the Board of Regents to rehire those who
had lost their jobs for refusing to sign. Thereafter, Kelley returned
to Berkeley where he became Chairman of the Math Department. This
book, General Topology, became the standard required textbook in
mathematics.
In 1964, when the Free Speech Movement swept the University of
California at Berkeley, John Kelley was one of the many members of the
Academic Senate who voted in favor of the students. The Math
Department became virtually the headquarters of the protests against
the War in Vietnam. Kelley was one of the many math professors
including Stephen Smale who were active in the Anti-War Movement.
The proprietors of Ishi Press were students of John L. Kelley in the
Math Department of the University of California at Berkeley during
this period and consider it to be a great honor to be called upon to
reprint his book.
Sam Sloan
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891552
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Date: 19 Sep 2008 11:56:47
From: Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)
Subject: Re: General Topology by John L. Kelley
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On Sep 15, 7:50 pm, "Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)"
<[email protected] > wrote:
> These days I have only its [J.L.Kelly's "general
> topology"] Russian translation, by A.V.Archangielki,
* A.V.Archangelski (or Archangielski or Arkhangelsky)
* -- the ending is "ski" or :sky", sorry for the typo.
> and with a preface by P.S.Aleksandrov.
Wlod
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Date: 15 Sep 2008 19:50:15
From: Wlodzimierz Holsztynski (Wlod)
Subject: Re: General Topology by John L. Kelley
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On Sep 15, 4:43 pm, samsloan <[email protected] > wrote:
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> Naturally, this book includes an introduction by that eminent and
> distinguished Topologist, Sam Sloan.
>
> Sam Sloan
Thank you for being so frank.
I was thinking about buying
it but no more.
I used to have the original version.
These days I have only its Russian
translation, translated by A.V.Archangielki,
and with a preface by P.S.Aleksandrov.
To you your joke is funny. That's funny.
Kinda.
Wlod
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Date: 15 Sep 2008 16:43:08
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: General Topology by John L. Kelley
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The Topology book is out now. Please take a look:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891552
Sorry for the delay. There was a slight delay as my teams of lawyers
checked to make sure that I had a right to re-print this book.
Naturally, this book includes an introduction by that eminent and
distinguished Topologist, Sam Sloan.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 13 Sep 2008 11:27:55
From:
Subject: Re: General Topology by John L. Kelley
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On Sep 13, 1:56 pm, samsloan <[email protected] > wrote:
> Copyrights by publishers are no longer valid (except in the case of
> "works for hire").
>
> The copyrights belong to the authors, not to the publishers.
>
> Sam Sloan
That's not true at all.
Authors can assign copyright to publishers in their contract.
Where are you getting the idea that publishers' copyrights were
somehow magically invalidated?
Do either you or Bozulich have a lawyer? Because you'll need one.
J.
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Date: 13 Sep 2008 10:56:45
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: General Topology by John L. Kelley
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Copyrights by publishers are no longer valid (except in the case of
"works for hire").
The copyrights belong to the authors, not to the publishers.
Sam Sloan
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Date: 13 Sep 2008 19:00:47
From: Angus Rodgers
Subject: Re: General Topology by John L. Kelley
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:56:45 -0700 (PDT), samsloan
<[email protected] > wrote:
>Copyrights by publishers are no longer valid (except in the case of
>"works for hire").
>
>The copyrights belong to the authors, not to the publishers.
Oops, guess I was the only one here who didn't know that! Sorry.
--
Angus Rodgers
(twirlip@ eats spam; reply to angusrod@)
Contains mild peril
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Date: 13 Sep 2008 20:08:25
From: Denis Feldmann
Subject: Re: General Topology by John L. Kelley
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Angus Rodgers a �crit :
> On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:56:45 -0700 (PDT), samsloan
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Copyrights by publishers are no longer valid (except in the case of
>> "works for hire").
>>
>> The copyrights belong to the authors, not to the publishers.
>
> Oops, guess I was the only one here who didn't know that! Sorry.
>
But death of the author doesn't stop the copyright (if he has heirs, and
even then) for 70 years , and no registration is necessary. I wonder how
much he will have to pay if someone wakes up... (not to mention the
usual total immorality of the guy)
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Date: 13 Sep 2008 09:26:27
From: samsloan
Subject: Re: General Topology by John L. Kelley
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Let us try to make this real simple, stupid.
The book which has now been reprinted was published in 1955.
The author is dead.
No copyright by the author has ever been registered on the original
book.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891552
What part of this do you not understand?
Sam Sloan
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Date: 13 Sep 2008 12:51:52
From: Tim Smith
Subject: Re: General Topology by John L. Kelley
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In article
<5b4a4211-f713-41ad-a8ec-ed37e803e0d1@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com >,
samsloan <[email protected] > wrote:
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> Let us try to make this real simple, stupid.
>
> The book which has now been reprinted was published in 1955.
>
> The author is dead.
>
> No copyright by the author has ever been registered on the original
> book.
It's not that simple--US copyright law has undergone many changes over
the years that have affected the term of copyright, and these have
sometimes been retroactive, sometimes have not, and sometimes have been
sort of partly semi-retroactive in weird ways that almost seem to have
been designed to make it hard to figure out if something is public
domain or not!
There's a handy table here that might help:
<http://www.copyright.cornell.edu/public_domain/ >
For a book published in 1955 in the US, here are the possible current
copyright statuses:
1. If it was published without copyright notice, then it is public
domain now.
2. If it was published with copyright notice, but the copyright was not
renewed when the first term expired, it is public domain now.
3. If it was published with copyright notice, and the copyright was
renewed when the first term expired, it is under copyright until 95
years after the first publication, which would be until 2050 in this
case.
Before doing anything that might subject yourself to legal liability,
I'd strongly recommend consulting with a copyright attorney.
--
--Tim Smith
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Date: 13 Sep 2008 18:45:21
From: Angus Rodgers
Subject: Re: General Topology by John L. Kelley
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:26:27 -0700 (PDT), samsloan
<[email protected] > wrote:
>Let us try to make this real simple, stupid.
>
>The book which has now been reprinted was published in 1955.
>
>The author is dead.
>
>No copyright by the author has ever been registered on the original
>book.
>
>http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891552
>
>What part of this do you not understand?
What I don't understand is how there can be no copyright on the
1955 edition when the May 1970 paperback reprinting of the 1955
paperback edition of exactly the same book has, not only the
legal warning in plain English which I just posted elsewhere in
this thread a moment ago, but also, in big letters:
"Copyright (C) 1955 by AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY"
(and there's also the full New York address of the Van Nostrand
Reinhold Company, in case there's any doubt).
--
Angus Rodgers
(twirlip@ eats spam; reply to angusrod@)
Contains mild peril
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Date: 08 Sep 2008 01:14:34
From:
Subject: Re: General Topology by John L. Kelley
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nice book
http://oh111.110mb.com/Kelley.djvu
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