Spaces of PL Manifolds and Categories of Simple Maps (Am-186)

by Bjørn Jahren, Friedhelm Waldhausen, John Rognes, et al.

Book Overview

Since its introduction by Friedhelm Waldhausen in the 1970s, the algebraic K-theory of spaces has been recognized as the main tool for studying parametrized phenomena in the theory of manifolds. However, a full proof of the equivalence relating the two areas has not appeared until now. This book presents such a proof, essentially completing Waldhausen's program from more than thirty years ago.

The main result is a stable parametrized h-cobordism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691157766
• ISBN13: 9780691157764
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"