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Topology and continuity on the one hand and geometry or metric and distance on the other hand are intimately connected pairs of concepts of central relevance both in analysis and physics. A totally non-trivial concept in this connection is parallelism.
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Eschrig, H. (2010). Introduction. In: Topology and Geometry for Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 822. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14700-5_1
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