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We begin by proving a beautiful theorem of Euler concerning polyhedra. As we shall see, the statement and proof of the theorem motivate many of the ideas of topology.
Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
G. H. Hardy
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Armstrong, M.A. (1983). Introduction. In: Basic Topology. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1793-8_1
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