Categories and Modules with K-Theory in View

by A.J. Berrick and M.E. Keating

This book develops aspects of category theory fundamental to the study of algebraic K-theory. Starting with categories in general, the text then examines categories of K-theory and moves on to tensor products and the Morita theory. The categorical approach to localizations and completions of modules is formulated in terms of direct and inverse limits. The authors consider local-global techniques that supply information about modules from their localizations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521632765
• ISBN13: 9780521632768
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"