The most modern and thorough treatment of unstable homotopy theory available. The focus is on those methods from algebraic topology which are needed in the presentation of results, proven by Cohen, Moore, and the author, on the exponents of homotopy groups. The author introduces various aspects of unstable homotopy theory, including: homotopy groups with coefficients; localization and completion; the Hopf invariants of Hilton, James, and Toda; Samelson products; homotopy Bockstein spectral sequences; graded Lie algebras; differential homological algebra; and the exponent theorems concerning the homotopy groups of spheres and Moore spaces. This book is suitable for a course in unstable homotopy theory, following a first course in homotopy theory. It is also a valuable reference for both experts and graduate students wishing to enter the field.

Author: Joseph Neisendorfer
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/31/2010
Series: New Mathematical Monographs #12
Pages: 574
Weight: 2.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9780521760379

About the Author
Neisendorfer, Joseph: - Joseph Neisendorfer is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Rochester, New York.