THE PRINDLE, WEBER & SCHMIDT COMPLEMENTARY SERIES IN MATHEMATICS Under the consulting editorship of HOWARD W. EVES The University of Maine TITLES IN THE SERIES: Howard W. Eves, Functions of a Complex Variable, Volume One Howard W. Eves, Functions of a Complex Variable, Volume Two Edward H. Barry, Introduction to Geometrical Transformations, Volume Three Richard E. Johnson, Vector Algebra, Volume Four Margaret F, Willerding, Mathematical Concepts, A Historical Approach, Volume Five Lyle E. Mehlenbacher, Foundations of Modern Mathematics, Volume Six. Maurice Fréchet and Ky Fan, Initiation to Combinatorial Topology, Volume Seven.Initiation to Combinatorial Topology MAURICE FRECHET and KY FAN Translated from the French, with some notes, by HOWARD W. EVES _ WwW ie VOLUME SEVEN PRINDLE, WEBER & SCHMIDT, INCORPORATED Boston, Massachusetts London Sydney© Copyright 1967 by Prindle, Weber &’ Schmidt, Incorporated. 53 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission in writing from the publishers. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 67-22742 Printed in the United States of America The story in translator’s note [y] is reprinted with permission from Maurice Lapman’s adaptation of Robin Hood (Chapter 14, “Robin Meets Friar Tuck” ; Globe Book Company, 1952).