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As topology is essentially just the study of continuous functions, we should start by clarifying exactly what we mean by the word “continuous”. We will begin by considering the most familiar type of function, namely those which are defined for some (or all) real numbers, and which return a real number
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Crossley, M.D. (2010). Continuous Functions. In: Essential Topology. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-84628-194-6_2
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