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Synopsis
This book arose from courses taught by the authors, and is designed for both instructional and reference use during and after a first course in algebraic topology. It is a handbook for users who want to calculate, but whose main interests are in applications using the current literature, rather than in developing the theory. Typical areas of applications are differential geometry and theoretical physics.
We start gently, with numerous pictures to illustrate the fundamental ideas and constructions in homotopy theory that are needed in later chapters. We show how to calculate homotopy groups, homology groups and cohomology rings of most of the major theories, exact homotopy sequences of fibrations, some important spectral sequences, and all the obstructions that we can compute from these. Our approach is to mix illustrative examples with those proofs that actually develop transferable calculational aids. We give extensive appendices with notes on background material, extensive tables of data, and a thorough index.
Audience: Graduate students and professionals in mathematics and physics.
Booknews
Designed for instructional and reference use, this primer in algebraic topology begins by illustrating the fundamental ideas and constructions in homotopy theory. It shows how to calculate homotopy groups, homology groups, and cohomology rings in most major theories, exact homotopy sequences of fibrations, important spectral sequences, and all the obstructions which can be computed from these. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.