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050	0	0	_aQA612.33 _b.R46 1992
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100	1		_aRanicki, Andrew, _d1948- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLower K- and L-theory / _cAndrew Ranicki.
246	3		_aLower K- & L-theory
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1992.
300			_a1 online resource (174 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aLondon Mathematical Society lecture note series ; _v178
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aThis is the first unified treatment in book form of the lower K-groups of Bass and the lower L-groups of the author. These groups arise as the Grothendieck groups of modules and quadratic forms which are components of the K- and L-groups of polynomial extensions. They are important in the topology of non-compact manifolds such as Euclidean spaces, being the value groups for Whitehead torsion, the Siebemann end obstruction and the Wall finiteness and surgery obstructions. Some of the applications to topology are included, such as the obstruction theories for splitting homotopy equivalences and for fibering compact manifolds over the circle. Only elementary algebraic constructions are used, which are always motivated by topology. The material is accessible to a wide mathematical audience, especially graduate students and research workers in topology and algebra.
650		0	_aK-theory.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521438018
830		0	_aLondon Mathematical Society lecture note series ; _v178.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511526329
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