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This account is a study of twofold symmetry in algebraic topology. The author discusses specifically the antipodal involution of a real vector bundle - multiplication by - I in each fibre; doubling and squaring operations; the symmetry of bilinear forms and Hermitian K-theory. In spite of its title,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Cambridge [England] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
1980.
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| Colección: | London Mathematical Society lecture note series ;
44. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This account is a study of twofold symmetry in algebraic topology. The author discusses specifically the antipodal involution of a real vector bundle - multiplication by - I in each fibre; doubling and squaring operations; the symmetry of bilinear forms and Hermitian K-theory. In spite of its title, this is not a treatise on equivariant topology; rather it is the language in which to describe the symmetry. Familiarity with the basic concepts of algebraic topology (homotopy, stable homotopy, homology, K-theory, the Pontrjagin--Thom transfer construction) is assumed. Detailed proofs are not given (the expert reader will be able to supply them when necessary) yet nowhere is credibility lost. Thus the approach is elementary enough to provide an introduction to the subject suitable for graduate students although research workers will find here much of interest. |
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| Notas: | Based on the author's thesis, Oxford. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (128 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-126) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107361065 1107361060 9780511662690 0511662696 |