Topology for Physicists

In recent years topology has firmly established itself as an important part of the physicists mathematical arsenal. It has many applications, first of all in quantum field theory, but increasingly also in other areas of physics. This book is devoted to the exposition of topology in a form easily accessible to physicists. It will be also useful to mathematicians who would like to apply topology in their work, without specialising in this discipline. The author, a topologist turned mathematical physicist has contributed many results to quantum field theory using topological methods, and is thus eminently qualified to write a book such as this.