"In terms of prerequisites, the present book assumes the read
er has some familiar-
ity with the content of the standard undergraduate courses i
n algebra and point-set
topology. In particular, the reader should know about quoti
ent spaces, or identifi-
cation spaces as they are sometimes called, which are quite i
mportant for algebraic
topology. Good sources for this concept are the textbooks [A
rmstrong 1983] and
[J
̈
anich 1984] listed in the Bibliography."