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 .