K-Theory

An Introduction

Ranked #76 in Abstract Algebra

AT-theory was introduced by A. Grothendieck in his formulation of the Riemann- Roch theorem (cf. Borel and Serre [2]). For each projective algebraic variety, Grothendieck constructed a group from the category of coherent algebraic sheaves, and showed that it had many nice properties. Atiyah and Hirzebruch [3] con sidered a topological analog defined for any compact space X, a group K{X) constructed from the category of vector bundles on X. It is this ''topological J DEGREES-theory" that this book will study. Topological DEGREES-theory has become an important tool in topology. Using- theory,... more

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