Cohomological Methods in Homotopy Theory
Subtitle: Barcelona Conference on Algebraic Topology, Bellatera, Spain, June 4-10, 1998
By: edited by Jaume Aguadé, Carles Broto, Carles Casacuberta
Contributors: Broto, Carles; Casacuberta, Carlos
Series: Progress in Mathematics -- 196; Progress in Mathematics -- 196.
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Basel
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9783034883122
Subjects: Mathematics
Description: This book contains a collection of articles summarizing the state of knowledge in a large portion of modern homotopy theory. A call for articles was made on the occasion of an emphasis semester organized by the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica in Bellaterra (Barcelona) in 1998. The main topics treated in the book include abstract features of stable and unstable homotopy, homotopical localizations, p-compact groups, H-spaces, classifying spaces for proper actions, cohomology of discrete groups, K-theory and other generalized cohomology theories, configuration spaces, and Lusternik-Schnirelmann category. The book is addressed to all mathematicians interested in homotopy theory and in geometric aspects of group theory. New research directions in topology are highlighted. Moreover, this informative and educational book serves as a welcome reference for many new results and recent methods.