analysis situs

1. 1.

   the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions

   Synonymstopology

   Broaderpure mathematics

   mathematics

Questions about analysis situs

What does analysis situs mean?

analysis situs means "the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions".

What is another word for analysis situs?

Close synonyms include topology. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is analysis situs a common word?

analysis situs is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.