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Why are mirrors made of glass?

Since it's not the glass that creates the reflection, why is glass even used to create mirrors? If it's simply to make a very flat surface for an even reflection, then why not is the reflecting surface behind the glass and not in front of it, since putting it behind the glass introduces a slight reflection from the glass itself, reduced light transmission, and some chromatic aberration? Obviously I'm talking about common mirrors and those used throughout history, not high-precision astronomical mirrors.

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Topology is doing real analysis only in generalized metric spaces. Also, down the road you will run into what I will call rubber sheet geometry. You will begin to look for homotopy classes and calculating fundamental groups of figures. If you are good at analysis, then topology is a natural extension (just as measure theory would be). If you are an algebraisist, then you might find it more challenging.
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