Usertype:Beginner

A beginner is one of the target user profiles for the Topospaces wiki.

Characterization of beginners
Most beginners to topology are people doing a first course in point set-topology. They may have had some prior, but not much, exposure to ideas from point set-topology in preliminary undergraduate analysis or calculus courses.

Apart from people starting out with a formal course, beginners may also include people from other disciplines who want an overview of point set-topology. We are trying to develop separate usertypes for them. (also check out usertype:AT beginner).

Requirements of beginners
As a beginner, you may want:


 * Quick and easy access to the definitions of basic terms
 * Some introductory/survey articles on aspects of topology to provide motivation for them
 * A quick way to hunt out the statement and proof of any important result
 * A way to understand how the basic facts and definitions in topology are arranged and organized

A guided tour
A special guided tour for beginners is available at:


 * Topospaces:Guided tour for beginners

Difficulty-based organization
If you, as a beginner, do not want to be inundated with the wealth of articles in topology, and would like to concentrat on the basic ones, you can focus on:


 * Category:Basic definitions in topology
 * Category:Basic facts in topology