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the selected works of j. frank adams volume i
this selection of adams work in two volumes brings together all his major research contributions . they are organized by subject matter rather than in strict chronological order . the first volume contains papers on the cobar construction the adams spectral sequence higher order cohomology operations and the hopf invariant one problem applications of k theory generalized homology and cohomology theories . the second volume is mainly concerned with adams contributions to characteristic classes and calculations in k theory modules over the steenrod algebra and their ext groups finite h spaces and compact lie groups and maps between classifying spaces and compact groups .
paperback cambridge university press 2010 isbn13 9780521110679 isbn10 052111067x
abridged n isbn 13 9780521110679 number in series 1 number of pages 536 publisher cambridge university press release date 62135769600000 volume capacity 1