Topological Commentary

Topologial Commentary (commonly known as TopCom) was a magazine for the community of topologists.

Melvin Henriksen was the editor of TopCom for Volume 0 though Volume 7.

Volume 0: Number 1
Volume 1 (1996): Number 1, Number 2, Number 3
Volume 2 (1997): Number 1, Number 2, Number 3, Number 4
Volume 3 (1998): Number 1, Number 2
Volume 4 (1999): Number 1, Number 2
Volume 5 (2000): Number 1
Volume 6 (2001): Number 1, Number 2
Volume 7 (2002): Number 1, Number 2
Volume 8 (2003): Number 1
Volume 9 (2004): Number 1
Volume 10 (2005): Number 1
Volume 11 (2006): Number 1

ISSN 1499-9226

Volume 0

Volume 1 (1996)

Volume 1, Issue 1

Melvin Henriksen Electronic publishing - opportunities and perils (Editorial) (March 15, 1996)
Karen Shenfeld In The Neighborhood of Mathematical Space (an interview with Alexander V. Arhangel'skii) (March 17, 1996)

Volume 1, Issue 2

Scott W. Williams On affirmative action (Column) (May 10, 1996)
K. D. Magill, Jr. An interview with John Isbell (May 10, 1996)
Scott W. Williams Are our students worse? (Column) (May 10, 1996)

Volume 1, Issue 3

Melvin Henriksen and Miki Simonovits Paul Erdos - 1913-1996 (October 3, 1996)
Melvin Henriksen There Are Too Many B.A.D. Mathematicians (Editorial) (October 1, 1996)
Richard Wilson General Topology in Mexico - a brief report from Richard Wilson as recorded by Melvin Henriksen (October 1, 1996)
Melvin Henriksen Affirmative Action - a reprise (October 3, 1996)
James Keesling An interview with Sibe Mardesic (October 1, 1996)
Scott Williams Moore karma ran over my dogma (Column) (October 1, 1996)

Volume 2 (1997)

Volume 2, Issue 1

Melvin Henriksen Announcement about Mathematical Reviews (January 30, 1997)
Melvin Henriksen Another Editorial on Electronic Publishing (Editorial) (January 30, 1997)
W. W. Comfort An Interview with Arthur Stone (December 4, 1996)
Melvin Henriksen Topological Commentary needs more material (Editorial) (January 31, 1997)
Gerry Pennington, Lee Rudolph, and Scott Williams Letters to Scott Williams - Response to the columns "On Affirmative Action" and "Moore Karma Ran over my Dogma" (Column) (January 31, 1997)

Volume 2, Issue 2

John Mack Review of Modern Analysis and Topology by Norman R. Howes (April 29, 1997)
Kathleen Kustin Christmas Poem with a Topological Twist (May 12, 1997)
Monty Harper A Topological Song for Children (April 29, 1997)
Scott Williams keep your hands from beans (Column) (May 12, 1997)
Melvin Henriksen and Joachim Schroder Who is this topologist? (May 12, 1997)
Elliott Pearl, Mihaela Iancu, and Scott Williams Praha Toposym 96 Photos (April 29, 1997)

Volume 2, Issue 3

Mary Ellen Rudin Amer Beslagic (Announcement) (July 1, 1997)
Neil Hindman An interview with W. Wistar Comfort (July 2, 1997)
J. R. Isbell Review of Handbook of Analysis and its Foundations by Eric Schechter (July 25, 1997)
Sheldon Axler Book review: The Life of Stefan Banach by Roman Kaluza (July 15, 1997)
K. P. Hart and Jan van Mill Maarten Maurice and Generalized ordered spaces at the Vrije Universiteit (July 5, 1997)
A. V. Arhangel'skii, K. R. Goodearl, and B. Huisgen-Zimmermann A Memorial for Kitti Morita (July 15, 1997)
Scott Williams Abstract Mathematical Obstructs (Column) (July 15, 1997)
Melvin Henriksen and Joachim Schroder Who is this topologist?, part 2 (July 15, 1997)
Elliott Pearl Spring Topology and Dynamics Conference, Lafayette, 1997 Photos (July 15, 1997)
S. M. Ageev and S. A. Bogatyi Priority dispute on a result on Banach-Mazur compactum (May 28, 1997)
S. Antonyan Priority dispute (June 7, 1997)

Volume 2, Number 4

Volume 3 (1998)

Volume 3, Number 1

Volume 3, Number 2

Melvin Henriksen Let's Stop Shooting Ourselves in the Foot (Editorial) (August 15, 1998)
Elliott Pearl History of Spring Topology Conferences (August 15, 1998)
Mathematics Genealogy Project (August 15, 1998)
Federal Support for Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (July 23, 1998)
Gerhard Preuss Convenient Topology - a new branch of topology (March 4, 1998)
Contributed Announcement From: jherninko@iie (July 23, 1998)
Mystery Topologist II revealed (August 15, 1998)
K. P. Hart A Book Review: Set Theory for the Working Mathematician by Krzysztof Ciesielski (July 23, 1998)
A Report on State of U.S. Mathematics (July 23, 1998)
Morris Hirsch Edwin Henry Spanier (1921-1996) (August 15, 1998)
Tom Lehrer Old Songs (July 23, 1998)
Richard Greene Review of Three Dimensional Geometry and Topology by William Thurston (August 15, 1998)
Melvin Janowitz An Interview of Prof. David Foulis (July 23, 1998)

Volume 4 (1999)

Volume 4, Number 1

Melvin Henriksen Being marginalized (Editorial) (February 20, 1999)
Melvin Henriksen Ask a Topologist (February 20, 1999)
Melvin Henriksen Comments on Reviews of Two Books on the Life of Paul Erdos (1913-1996) (February 20, 1999)
Richard Ball and Joan Winn Sabbatical Travels or Letters from Prague (February 20, 1999)
Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze An Introduction to "Terror and Exile" (February 20, 1999)
Michael Golomb Terror and Exile and a Letter About it by Michael Golomb (February 20, 1999)
International Benchmark of Mathematical Research (February 20, 1999) Scott W. Williams Mathematicians of African Ancestry (February 20, 1999)
Scott W. Williams Mathematicians of African Ancestry: Their Development and How it Was Inhibited by Bigotry: R. L. Moore (February 20, 1999)
Dale Hoffman More on Mary Ellen Rudin (February 20, 1999)

Volume 4, Number 2

Melvin Henriksen Are Paper Journals Committing Suicide? (Editorial) (December 28, 1999)
Melvin Henriksen and Robert Rosebrugh Categories and John Isbell (December 28, 1999)
Deborah Tepper Haimo A Memorial for Edwin Hewitt (December 28, 1999)
Kenneth A. Ross A Memorial for Edwin Hewitt (December 28, 1999)
Edwin Hewitt So Far, So Good: My Life to Now (December 28, 1999)
W. W. Comfort A Memorial for Rae Michael Shortt (December 28, 1999)
K. P. S. Bhaskara Rao Rae-Michael Shortt - A mathematician in a hurry (December 28, 1999)
E. V. Shchepin A Book Review: Continuous Selections of Multivalued Mappings by D. Repovs and P. Semenov (December 28, 1999)
Corinne Cerf A Book Review: Knot Theory by Kurt Reidemeister (December 28, 1999)
Marjie Smith Photgraphs from the Summer Topology Conference in North Bay, 1997 (June 11, 1999)
Robert Sanders John L. Kelley (1999) (December 28, 1999)
Melvin Henriksen 1999 Is a Year of Great Loss to Topology (Editorial) (December 28, 1999)
Melvin Henriksen A New Format for TopCom (December 28, 1999)

Volume 5 (2000)

Volume 5, Number 1

Scott Williams More News About John Isbell (February 10, 2000)
James T. Rogers, Jr. F. Burton Jones (1910 - 1999) - An Appreciation (March 6, 2000)
Mary Ellen Rudin The Early Work of F.B. Jones (March 6,2000)
F. B. Jones The Beginning of Topology in the United States and the Moore School (March 6, 2000)
Mevin Henriksen More on Felix Hausdorff (Editorial) (March 6, 2000)
Richard Anderson and Ben Fitzpatick An Interview of Edwin Moise (March 6, 2000)
Melvin Henriksen The Math Forum (March 6, 2000)
Melvin Henriksen and Douglas Cameron An introduction to Douglas Cameron's website: Pictures from the History of Mathematics (November 27, 1997)
Melvin Henriksen Arthur Stone (1916-2000) (September 29, 2000)
Jerry Vaughan Photos from Topo 2000 (October 24, 2000)
John L. Kelley Once over lightly (March 5, 2001)
Isaac Namioka John L. Kelley - One student's rememberance (October 24, 2000)
Krzysztof Ciesielski Book Review (October 24, 2000)
Melvin Henriksen Ben Fitzpatrick September 1932-November 2000 (October 24, 2000)

Volume 6 (2001)

Volume 6, Number 1

Mary Anne Swardson Robert. L. Blair, a Memoir (March 29, 2001)
Melvin Henriksen Another Mystery Photo (March 29, 2001)
Ralph Kopperman A history of the Summer Topology Conferences (March 29, 2001)
Walter Schempp Edwin Hewitt (1920-1999) (March 29, 2001)
W. W. Comfort Edwin Hewitt as Topologist: An Appreciation (April 18, 2001)
Melvin Henriksen Identity of the mathematician in the mystery photo revealed (April 25, 2001)
Melvin Henriksen A photo from a conference on Ordered Algebraic Systems (May 1, 2001)
Melvin Henriksen News about Alexander Arhangelskii (May 8, 2001)
International Conference "Filomat 2001" (Announcement) (June 1, 2001.)
Jerry Vaughan Photos from the Ben Fitzpatrick Memorial Miniconference (June 1, 2001)
Shura Arhangelskii, Mel Henriksen, Jed Keesling, Ralph Kopperman, John Mayer Special Session in Topology and its Applications at the 2002 Annual Meeting of the AMS (Announcement) (June 1, 2001)
Gavin McNett Once Upon a Dimension (June 1, 2001)
W. Hugh Woodin The Continuum Hypothesis, Part I (July 1, 2001)

Volume 6, Number 2

Jack B. Brown More on Ben Fitzpatrick: The Ben Fitzpatrick Remembrance Gathering Video (August 1, 2001)
W. Hugh Woodin The Continuum Hypothesis, Part 2 (August 1, 2001)
David E. Zitarelli Towering Figures in American Mathematics. 1890-1950 (August 1, 2001)
Som Naimpally Autobiography, Som Naimpally (August 10, 2001)
Jerry Vaughan Photos from the Summer Topology Conference, New York (September 1, 2001)
Melvin Henriksen Tuesday, September 11, 2001 (Editorial) (September 11, 2001)
Melvin Henriksen, A. Lemin Yu. Smirnov's Birthday (October 1, 2001)
Graph Theory Network (November 1, 2001)
Melvin Henriksen, Heinrich Reitberger Leopold Vietoris (November 1, 2001)
Jim Holt Hypotheses: A Matter Of Choice (December 1, 2001)
Joseph Portney Navigation (December 1, 2001)
Melvin Henriksen, Stephen Watson, Scott Williams Murray Bell (Obituary) (December 12, 2001)

Volume 7 (2002)

Volume 7, Number 1

Judy A. Kennedy and George Michael Reed Three hundred pounds of integrity a memorial for Ben Fitzpatrick (1931-1999) (February 1, 2002)
Som Naimpally Contribution of John Nash to General Topology and Real Analysis (February 1, 2002)
Ubiratan D'Ambrosio Book review: Handbook of the History of General Topology, Volume 2 (February 8, 2002)
Gordon Fisher Book review: Handbook of the History of General Topology, Volume 1 (February 26, 2002)
Gordon Pym Book review: Algebra in the Stone-Cech Compactification by Neil Hindman and Dona Strauss (April 1, 2002)
Lynne M. Butler Movie review: A Beautiful Mind (April 1, 2002)
Jody Trout Book review: Flatterland: Like Flatland, Only More So by Ian Stewart (April 1, 2002)
Robert Blair Mappings that preserve realcompactness (February 26, 2002)
American Experience John Nash: A Brilliant Madness (April 1, 2002)
Jerry Vaughan Photos from Toposym 2001 (April 1, 2002)

Dennis Burke Zoltan Balogh Memorial Topology Conference (Announcement) (August 1, 2002)
Melvin Henriksen, The Sad News about the Floods in Prague (Editorial)
Jerry Vaughan Some photographs from the International Conference on Topology in Matsue, Japan (June 24 - 28, 2002) (August 14, 2002)
Jerzy Dydak Partitions of unity re-visited (August 14, 2002)
Centre for the Popularisation of Mathematics Sculpture Mathematics (August 14, 2002)
Tom Hull Origami Mathematics (August 14, 2002)
Krystyna Kuperberg, Letter about the Charles University math library in Prague, (September 12, 2002)
Topology at Dagstuhl (Announcement), (September 12, 2002)
Robert R. Phelps Biography of John Rainwater (October 21, 2002)

Volume 8 (2003)

Volume 8, Number 1

Melvin Henriksen Some final remarks from the editor of Topological Commentary
Som Naimpally Applications of General Topology
Som Naimpally Topology and Applications
Todd Eisworth Photos and movies from the Zoltan Balogh Memorial Topology Conference
Som Naimpally Convenient topology
Som Naimpally What is a hit-and-miss topology?
Martín Escardó Tychonoff Theorem and AC in locales
Dennis Burke and Gary Gruenhage Zoli
Armand Borel (1923-2003)

Volume 9 (2004)

Volume 9, Number 1

Report of NSF White Paper Session
Jerry Vaughan Some photographs from the Fifth Iberoamerican Conference on General Topology and its Applications
J.J. Charatonik (1934-2004)

Volume 10 (2005)

Volume 10, Number 1

Miroslav Husek Analysis of citations from the books Recent Progress in General Topology
Spring Topology and Dynamincs Conference 2003 White Paper
FJ Craveiro de Carvalho A Springer-Verlag Poster

Volume 11 (2006)

Volume 11, Number 1

Melvin Henriksen John Isbell 1931-2005
K.D. Magill, Jr. An Interview with John Isbell
F. W. Lawvere John Isbell's Adequate Subcategories
Cameron Gordon, Gary Gruenhage, John Mayer, Jon McCammond STDC 2002 White Paper
FJ Craveiro de Carvalho and Olga Maria da Silva Azenhas Mathematical Cartoons
FJ Craveiro de Carvalho Mathematical Cartoons
FJ Craveiro de Carvalho A famous mathematician calls the department