The Selected Works of J. Frank Adams: Volume 1 by J. Frank Ad... - 9780521110679

The Selected Works of J. Frank Adams: Volume 1Author(s): J. Frank Adams, J. Peter May, Charles B. Thomas\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521110679, 978-0521110679\nSynopsis\nJ. Frank Adams was one of the world's leading topologists. He solved a number of celebrated problems in algebraic topology, a subject in which he initiated many of the most active areas of research. He wrote a large number of papers during the period [tel], and they are characterised by elegant writing and depth of thought. Few of them have been superseded by later work. This selection, in two volumes, brings together all his major research contributions. They are organised by subject matter rather than in strict chronological order. The first contains papers on: the cobar construction, the Adams spectral sequence, higher-order cohomology operations, and the Hopf invariant one problem; applications of K-theory; generalise.