Yes, according to Pont, the name "topologie" comes from Johann Benedikt Listing, a student of Gauss, who introduced it for the first time in 1836. He referred to analysis situs and geometry but decided that a new name was required and suggested "topology". Best, Jean-Pierre Le 10-07-02 à 11:41, Michael Barr a écrit :
The older name for topology was "analysis situs", analysis of place. Why that was changed is unknown to me, but the topo- root is just Greek for place and it would be a stretch to assume anything else without good evidence.
A French mathematician named, IIRC, Jean Pont wrote a book called, "L'Histoire de la topologie algébrique avant Poincaré" that traces topology, at least algebraic topologie to Euler's solution to the bridges of Königsberg problem. I think V-F+E = 2 came next.
Michael
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