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Cohomology Operations and Applications in Homotopy Theory by Robert E. Mosher,Martin C. Tangora
Cohomology operations are at the center of a major area of activity in algebraic topology. This treatment explores the single most important variety of operations, the Steenrod squares. It constructs these operations, proves their major properties, and provides numerous applications, including several different techniques of homotopy theory useful for computation. 1968 edition. Reprint of the Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1968 edition.
Table of Contents for Cohomology Operations and Applications in Homotopy Theory
| Preface | | 1. Introduction to cohomology operations | | 2. Construction of the Steenrod squares | | 3. Properties of the squares | | 4. Application: the Hopf invariant | | 5. Application: vector fields on spheres | | 6. The Steenrod algebra | | 7. Exact couples and spectral sequences | | 8. Fibre spaces | | 9. Cohomology of K(pi, n) | | 10. Classes of Abelian groups | | 11. More about fiber spaces | | 12. Applications: some homotopy groups of spheres | | 13. n-Type and Postnikov systems | | 14. Mapping sequences and homotopy classification | | 15. Properties of the stable range | | 16. Higher cohomology operations | | 17. Compositions in the stable homotopy of spheres | | 18. The Adams spectral sequence | | Bibliography | | Index |
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