Normal Structures and Bordism Theory, with Applications to $MSp_\ast $

Normal Structures and Bordism Theory, with Applications to $MSp_\ast $
Author: Nigel Ray
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1977
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 0821821938

In the first of these three papers we discuss the problem of enumerating the bordism classes which can be carried on a fixed manifold by means of varying its normal structure. The main application is to Sp structures on Alexander's family of manifolds, and is presented in the third paper. The middle paper collects together the requisite definitions and calculations.

Subject Catalog

Subject Catalog
Author: Library of Congress
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1050
Release: 1978
Genre: Catalogs, Subject
ISBN:

Notices of the American Mathematical Society

Notices of the American Mathematical Society
Author: American Mathematical Society
Publisher:
Total Pages: 628
Release: 1977
Genre: Electronic journals
ISBN:

Contains articles of significant interest to mathematicians, including reports on current mathematical research.

Complex Cobordism and Stable Homotopy Groups of Spheres

Complex Cobordism and Stable Homotopy Groups of Spheres
Author: Douglas C. Ravenel
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2003-11-25
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 082182967X

Since the publication of its first edition, this book has served as one of the few available on the classical Adams spectral sequence, and is the best account on the Adams-Novikov spectral sequence. This new edition has been updated in many places, especially the final chapter, which has been completely rewritten with an eye toward future research in the field. It remains the definitive reference on the stable homotopy groups of spheres. The first three chapters introduce the homotopy groups of spheres and take the reader from the classical results in the field though the computational aspects of the classical Adams spectral sequence and its modifications, which are the main tools topologists have to investigate the homotopy groups of spheres. Nowadays, the most efficient tools are the Brown-Peterson theory, the Adams-Novikov spectral sequence, and the chromatic spectral sequence, a device for analyzing the global structure of the stable homotopy groups of spheres and relating them to the cohomology of the Morava stabilizer groups. These topics are described in detail in Chapters 4 to 6. The revamped Chapter 7 is the computational payoff of the book, yielding a lot of information about the stable homotopy group of spheres. Appendices follow, giving self-contained accounts of the theory of formal group laws and the homological algebra associated with Hopf algebras and Hopf algebroids. The book is intended for anyone wishing to study computational stable homotopy theory. It is accessible to graduate students with a knowledge of algebraic topology and recommended to anyone wishing to venture into the frontiers of the subject.

On Thom Spectra, Orientability, and Cobordism

On Thom Spectra, Orientability, and Cobordism
Author: Yu. B. Rudyak
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2007-12-12
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3540777512

Rudyak’s groundbreaking monograph is the first guide on the subject of cobordism since Stong's influential notes of a generation ago. It concentrates on Thom spaces (spectra), orientability theory and (co)bordism theory (including (co)bordism with singularities and, in particular, Morava K-theories). These are all framed by (co)homology theories and spectra. The author has also performed a service to the history of science in this book, giving detailed attributions.