Timeline for Fundamental Examples
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| Jul 9, 2013 at 6:14 | history | edited | Ricardo Andrade | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 11, 2009 at 19:33 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Kim Morrison | ||
| Nov 11, 2009 at 17:36 | comment | added | HJRW | "Algebraic Topology: it is the example where you can compute explicitly its fundamental group as well as its covering spaces, universal cover and everything else." I don't see how this distinguishes the torus from any other closed surface, from the algebro-topological point of view. Indeed, if you're interested in the fundamental group, the fact that it's abelian in this case makes it highly unrepresentative. | |
| Nov 11, 2009 at 9:51 | comment | added | Andrew Stacey | But in what way has the torus shaped any of these subjects? It's certainly a good example demonstrating many of the features, but I don't see (from your answer) that it has played a significant role in shaping them. | |
| Nov 11, 2009 at 9:23 | history | answered | Csar Lozano Huerta | CC BY-SA 2.5 |