Travaux De Topologie Et Ses Applications Mazurkiewicz, Stefan Mathematics

8vo (24.5 cm), VI, 380 pp, 1 plate. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj frayed at extremities and slightly rubbed, corners somewhat scuffed). Stefan Mazurkiewicz (1888-1945) was a renowned Polish mathematician and disciple of Wacław Sierpiński. He made significant contributions to mathematical analysis, topology, and probability theory. His complete bibliography comprises 141 works, of which 62 focus on topology and its applications are collected in this volume. These selections were made based on their profound impact on the advancement of topology or the elegant nature of the results they yielded. Preface by Casimir Kuratowski.