Homotopy Theory: Proceedings of the Durham Symposium 1985

This 1987 volume presents a collection of papers given at the 1985 Durham Symposium on homotopy theory.

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

9780521339469, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 29 October 1987

256 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.38 kg

This 1987 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.

Preface
1. On the computational complexity of rational homotopy D. J. Anick
2. Segal's Burnside ring conjecture and the homotopy limit problem Gunnar Carlsson
3. Pseudo-isotopies, K-theory, and homotopy theory Ralph L. Cohen
4. Global methods in homotopy theory Michael J. Hopkins
5. Sur la cohomologie modulo p des p-groupes Abeliens elementaires J. Lannes
6. A view of some aspects of unstable homotopy theory since 1950 J. C. Moore and J. A. Neisendorfer
7. Recent progress in stable splittings Stewart Priddy
8. Localization and periodicity in homotopy theory Douglas C. Ravenel
9. Symbolic calculus: a 19th century approach to MU and BP Nigel Ray
10. An outline of how manifolds relate to algebraic K-theory Friedhelm Waldhausen.

Subject Areas: Geometry [PBM]