bibliography for groupoids and algebraic topology
The following are recent sources for several areas in abstract algebra, homological algebra, homotopy groups![]()
, homotopy groupoids, algebraic topology and higher dimensional algebra
(HDA).
0.1 Algebraic Topology and Groupoids
- 1.
Ronald Brown: Topology and Groupoids, BookSurge LLC (2006).
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Ronald Brown R, P.J. Higgins, and R. Sivera.: “Non-Abelian

algebraic topology”.http://www. bangor.ac.uk/mas010/nonab-a-t.html; http://www.bangor.ac.uk/mas010/nonab-t/partI010604.pdf ,Springer: in press (2010).
- 3.
R. Brown and J.-L. Loday: Homotopical excision, and Hurewicz theorems, for n-cubes of spaces, Proc. London Math. Soc., 54:(3), 176-192, (1987).
- 4.
R. Brown and J.-L. Loday: Van Kampen Theorems

for diagrams of spaces, Topology

, 26: 311-337 (1987).
- 5.
R. Brown and G. H. Mosa: Double algebroids and crossed modules of algebroids, University of Wales-Bangor, Maths Preprint, 1986.
- 6.
R. Brown and C.B. Spencer: Double groupoids
and crossed modules, Cahiers Top. Géom. Diff. 17 (1976), 343-362.
- 7.
Madalina (Ruxi) Buneci.: Groupoid Representations
., Ed. Mirton: Timisoara (2003).
- 8.
Allain Connes: Noncommutative Geometry
, Academic Press 1994.
0.2 Non-Abelian Algebraic Topology and Higher Dimensional Algebra
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Ronald Brown: Non-Abelian Algebraic Topology, vols. I and II. 2010. (in press: Springer): http://www.bangor.ac.uk/ mas010/rbrsbookb-e040310.pdfNonabelian Algebraic Topology:filtered spaces, crossed complexes, cubical higher homotopy groupoids
- 2.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_dimensional_algebraHigher Dimensional Algebra: An Introduction
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bci2/Books/Higher_Dimensional_AlgebraHigher Dimensional Algebra and Algebraic Topology., 282 pages, Feb. 10, 2010
0.2.1 General Topology
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N. Bourbaki, General Topology, Part 1,Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1966
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R. Engelking, General topology, PWN, Warsaw, 1977.
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R. Brown, Elements of Modern Topology, McGraw Hill, Maidenhead, 1968.
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R. Brown and T.L. Thickstun, Low-Dimensional Topology, Volume 1 of the conference on Topology in Low Dimension

, Bangor, 1979), London Math. Soc. Lecture Notes No. 48 (1982). (now available from CUP).
- 6.
R.Brown, Topology: a geometric account of general topology, homotopy types

, and the fundamental groupoid

,Ellis Horwood, Chichester (1988) 460 pp.
- 7.
J.L. Kelley, General Topology,D. van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1955; Springer-Verlag, New York, ISBN 0-387-90125-6
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William S. Massey, A Basic Course in Algebraic Topology, Springer, New York, 1991; ISBN 0-387-97430-X, 3-540-97430-X; QA612.M374
- 10.
C.R.F. Maunder, Algebraic Topology, Cambridge University Press, 1980, Dover Edition, 1996; ISBN 0-486-69131-4.
- 11.
Fred H. Croom, Basic Concepts

of Algebraic Topology, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1978; ISBN 0-387-90288-0
- 12.
Joseph J. Rotman, An Introduction to Algebraic Topology, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1988: ISBN 0-387-96678-1
0.3 Topology in relation to other areas of mathematics*
- 1.
Michael Atiyah, The Geometry and Physics of Knots, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990; ISBN 0-521-39521-6, 0-521-39554-2
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Alfsen, E.M. and F. W. Schultz: Geometry of State Spaces

ofOperator Algebras, Birkhäuser, Boston-Basel-Berlin (2003).
- 3.
J. Butterfield and C. J. Isham : A topos perspective on the Kochen-Specker theorem I-IV, Int. J. Theor. Phys, 37 (1998) No 11., 2669-2733 38 (1999) No 3., 827-859, 39 (2000) No 6., 1413-1436, 41 (2002) No 4., 613-639.
- 4.
M. Chaician and A. Demichev: Introduction to Quantum Groups
, World Scientific (1996).
0.4 Topological Groups*
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References on the Foundations of Algebra: Groups, Rings, Fields, Modules,… , MSC 20-00, MSC 20A
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David S. Dummit, Richard M. Foote, Abstract Algebra, John Wiley and Sons, Inc. 1999
- 2.
I. N. Herstein, Topics in Algebra, Xerox College Publishing, 1975.
A classic undergraduate textbook introducing groups, rings, fields, and linear algebra.
- 3.
Serge Lang, Algebra, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1997.
A textbook covering a broad range of topics in algebra, such as basic homological algebra and basic category theory

which are covered at the beginner’s level.
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John S. Rose, A Course on Group Theory, Dover Publications, New York, 1994.
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Thomas W. Hungerford, Algebra, Springer-Verlag Graduate Texts in Mathematics 73, 1974.
0.5 Literature on Groupoids and Topology
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R. Brown, K.Hardie, H.Kamps, T. Porter, The homotopy double groupoid
of a Hausdorff space,Theory and Applications of Categories, 10 (2002) 71-93.
- 2.
R. Brown, I.Icen and O. Mucuk. Holonomy and monodromy

groupoids
, in Lie Algebroids, Banach Center Publications Institute of Mathematics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 54 (2001) 9-20.
- 3.
R. Brown. Algebraic homotopy, Supplement III., in Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, Managing Editor: M. Hazewinkel Kluwer Academic Publishers (2002) 29-31.
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R. Brown. Exponential law in topology, Supplement III., in Encyclopaedia of Mathematics, Managing Editor: M. Hazewinkel Kluwer Academic Publishers (2002) 142-143.
- 5.
R. Brown İ. Içen, and O. Mucuk), Examples and coherence properties of local subgroupoids, Topology and its Applications 127 (2003) 393-408.
- 6.
R. Brown and I.ICEN. Towards a 2-dimensional notion of holonomy, Advances in Math. 178 (2003) 141-175.
- 7.
R. Brown C.D.WENSLEY), Computation and homotopical applications of induced crossed modules, J. Symbolic Computation

35 (2003) 59-72.
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R. Brown, M. BULLEJOS and T.PORTER), Crossed complexes, free crossed resolutions and graph products of groups, Proceedings Workshop Korea 2000, Heldermann Verlag. 27 (2003) 11-26.
0.6 General Topology
Alexandroff, Paul. Elementary Concepts of Topology Mineola, NY: Dover, 1961.
Arkhangelski i, A.V. and Pontrjagin, Lev S., eds. General Topology I: Basic Concepts and Constructions, Dimension Theory New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1990.
Bing, R.H. Elementary Point Set Topology Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America, 1960.
Bourbaki, Nicolas. Elements of Mathematics: General Topology New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1989.
Chinn, William G. and Steenrod, Norman E. First Concepts of Topology Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America, 1966.
Dugundji, James. Topology Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1966.
Fuks, D.B. and Rokhlin, V.A. Beginner’s Course in Topology: Geometric Chapters New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1984.
Gamelin, Theodore W. and Greene, Robert E. Introduction to Topology Philadelphia, PA: Saunders College, 1983.
Gemignani, Michael C. Elementary Topology, Mineola, NY: Dover, 1990. Second Edition.
Hausdorff, Felix. Set Theory![]()
, New York, NY: Chelsea, 1957, 1978. Third Edition.
Hurewicz, Witold and Wallman, Henry. Dimension Theory Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1941.
Kaplansky, Irving. Set Theory and Metric Spaces, New York, NY: Chelsea, 1977. Second Edition.
Kelley, John L. General Topology, New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1975.
Kuratowski, K. Topology, New York, NY: Academic Press, 1966, 1969. 2 Vols.
Munkres, James R. Topology: A First Course Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1975.
Newman, M.H.A. Elements of the Topology of Plane Sets of Points New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1964.
Oxtoby, John C. Measure and Category![]()
: A Survey of the Analogies
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between Topological and Measure Spaces, New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1980. Second Edition.
Sierpinski, W. General Topology Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1952.
Simmons, George F. Introduction to Topology and Modern Analysis Melbourne, FL: Robert E. Krieger, 1983.
Steen, Lynn Arthur and Seebach, J. Arthur, Jr. Counterexamples in Topology, New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1978. Second Edition.
Sutherland, W.A. Introduction to Metric and Topological Spaces New York, NY: Clarendon Press, 1975.
Willard, Stephen. General Topology Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1970.
0.6.1 Geometric Topology and Theoretical Physics
Atiyah, Michael F. The Geometry and Physics of Knots New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1990.Burde, Gerhard and Zieschang, Heiner. Knots Hawthorne, NY: Walter de Gruyter, 1985.
Crowell, Richard H. and Fox, Ralph H. Introduction to Knot Theory![]()
New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1977.
Firby, P.A. and Gardiner, C.F. Surface![]()
Topology New York, NY: Ellis Horwood, 1982.
Flegg, H. Graham. From Geometry to Topology Philadelphia, PA: Crane, Russak, 1974.
Francis, George K. A Topological Picturebook New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1987.
Freedman, M.H. and Luo, Feng. Selected Applications of Geometry to Low-Dimensional Topology Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 1990.
Griffiths, H.B. Surfaces, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1976, 1981. Second Edition.
Kauffman, Louis H. On Knots Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1987.
Moise, Edwin E. Geometric Topology in Dimensions 2 and 3 New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1977.
Montesinos, Jose Maria. Classical Tessellations and Three-Manifolds New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1987.
Reidemeister, K. Knot Theory Moscow, ID: BCS Associates, 1983.
Rolfsen, Dale. Knots and Links, Boston, MA: Publish or Perish, 1976, 1991. Second Edition.
Rourke, C.P. and Sanderson, B.J. Introduction to Piecewise-Linear Topology New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1972.
Wall, C.T.C. A Geometric Introduction to Topology Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1972.
Weeks, Jeffrey R. The Shape of Space: How to Visualize Surfaces and Three-Dimensional Manifolds New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, 1985.
0.6.2 Algebraic Topology
Aleksandrov, P. Combinatorial Topology, Baltimore, MD: Graylock Press, 1956–60. 3 Vols.
Armstrong, M.A. Basic Topology New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1983, 1990.
Artin, Emil. Introduction to Algebraic Topology Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill, 1969.
Blackett, Donald W. Elementary Topology: A Combinatorial and Algebraic Approach, New York, NY: Academic Press, 1982.
Giblin, P.J. Graphs, Surfaces and Homology![]()
: An Introduction to Algebraic Topology, New York, NY: Chapman and Hall, 1981. Second Edition.
Gramain, Andre. Topology of Surfaces Moscow, ID: BCS Associates, 1984.
Greenberg, Marvin Jay and Harper, John R. Lectures on Algebraic Topology, Reading, MA: W.A. Benjamin, 1967, 1981. Second Edition.
Henle, Michael. A Combinatorial Introduction to Topology New York, NY: W.H. Freeman, 1979.
Janich, Klaus. Topology New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1984.
Kosniowski, Czes. A First Course in Algebraic Topology New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1980.
Lefschetz, Solomon. Topology, New York, NY: Chelsea, 1956. Second Edition.
Massey, William S. Algebraic Topology: An Introduction New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1977.
Massey, William S. A Basic Course in Algebraic Topology New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1991.
Milnor, John W. Singular Points![]()
of Complex Hypersurfaces
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Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1968.
Milnor, John W. and Stasheff, James D. Characteristic Classes Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1974.
Munkres, James R. Elements of Algebraic Topology Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1984.
Naber, Gregory L. Topological Methods in Euclidean Spaces New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1980.
Pontrjagin, Lev S. Topological Groups![]()
, New York, NY: Gordon and Breach, 1966. Second Edition.
Pontrjagin, Lev S. Foundations of Combinatorial Topology Baltimore, MD: Graylock Press, 1952.
Seifert, Herbert and Threlfall, W. A Textbook of Topology New York, NY: Academic Press, 1980.
Spanier, Edwin H. Algebraic Topology New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1966.
Stillwell, John. Classical Topology and Combinatorial Group Theory New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1980.
Vick, James. Homology Theory: An Introduction to Algebraic Topology New York, NY: Academic Press, 1973.
0.6.3 Differential Topology
Almgren, F.J. Plateau’s Problem Redwood City, CA: Benjamin Cummings, 1966.
Auslander, Louis and Mackenzie, Robert E. Introduction to Differentiable Manifolds Mineola, NY: Dover, 1977.
Brocker, Th. and Janich, Klaus. Introduction to Differential Topology New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 1982.
Chillingworth, D.R.J. Differential Topology with a View to Applications Brooklyn, NY: Pitman, 1976.
Guillemin, Victor and Pollack, Alan. Differential Topology Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1974.
Hirsch, Morris W. Differential Topology New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1976.
Milnor, John W. Topology from the Differentiable Viewpoint Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1965.
Milnor, John W. Morse Theory Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1963.
Singer, I.M. and Thorpe, John A. Lecture Notes on Elementary Topology and Geometry New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1987.
Warner, Frank W. Foundations of Differentiable Manifolds and Lie Groups![]()
New York, NY: Springer-Verlag, 1983.