Homotopy Theory: Proceedings of the Durham Symposium 1985

by Edited by E. Rees , J. D. S. Jones

• ISBN13: 9780521339469
• ISBN10: 0521339464
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-11-27
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This volume presents a collection of papers given at the 1985 Durham Symposium on homotopy theory. They survey recent developments in the subject including localisation and periodicity, computational complexity, and the algebraic K-theory of spaces.

Table of Contents

Preface

On the computational complexity of rational homotopy

Segal's Burnside ring conjecture and the homotopy limit problem

Pseudo-isotopies, K-theory, and homotopy theory

Global methods in homotopy theory

Sur la cohomologie modulo p des p-groupes Abeliens elementaires

A view of some aspects of unstable homotopy theory since 1950

Recent progress in stable splittings

Localization and periodicity in homotopy theory

Symbolic calculus: a 19th century approach to MU and BP

An outline of how manifolds relate to algebraic K-theory

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