Algebraic and Geometric Topology
by Andrew Ranicki, Norman Levitt, Frank Quinn
Publisher: Springer 1985
ISBN/ASIN: 3540152350
ISBN-13: 9783540152354
Number of pages: 436
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The articles in this volume present original research on a wide range of topics in modern topology. They include important new material on the algebraic K-theory of spaces, the algebraic obstructions to surgery and finiteness, geometric and chain complexes, characteristic classes, and transformation groups.
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