Noun: analysis situs u'na-li-sis 'sI-tus
- (mathematics) 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
"Topology, also known as analysis situs, studies properties that are preserved under continuous deformations";
- topology
Type of: pure mathematics
Encyclopedia: Analysis situs