K-theory (Advanced Books Classics)

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K-theory (Advanced Books Classics)
Michael Atiyah | 1994-06-21 00:00:00 | Westview Press | 240 | Mathematics
These notes are based on the course of lectures I gave at Harvard in the fall of 1964. They constitute a self-contained account of vector bundles and K-theory assuming only the rudiments of point-set topology and linear algebra. One of the features of the treatment is that no use is made of ordinary homology or cohomology theory. In fact, rational cohomology is defined in terms of K-theory.
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You'd think, at these notorious prices, that the publisher would have made a solid effort to cast these notes in a more engaging and readable form (i.e. to have them beautifully typeset, and do them some justice long after they were first published), as this still is the authoritative reference on the subject.



Shame, really.



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