Some Applications of Topological K-Theory

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Author(s): N. Mahammed, R. Piccinini and U. Suter (Eds.)
Series: North-Holland Mathematics Studies 45
Publisher: Elsevier, Academic Press
Year: 1980

Language: English
Pages: iii-vi, 1-317

Content:
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Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Preface
Pages v-vi
N. Mahammed, R. Piccinini, U. Suter

Chapter 0 A Review of K-Theory
Pages 1-11

Chapter 1 The HOPF Invariant
Pages 13-42

Chapter 2 Torsion Free H-Spaces of Rank Two
Pages 43-79

Chapter 3 Homotopy and Stably Complex Structure
Pages 81-91

Chapter 4 Vector Fields on Spheres
Pages 93-137

Chapter 5 Span of Spherical Forms
Pages 139-176

Chapter 6 Immersions and Embeddings of Manifolds
Pages 177-223

Chapter 7 Group Homomorphisms and Maps Between Classifying Spaces; Vector Bundles Over Suspensions
Pages 225-238

Chapter 8 On the Index Theorem of Elliptic Operators
Pages 239-294

Bibliography
Pages 295-314

Index
Pages 315-317