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This text deals with algebraic topology, homotopy theory and simple homotopy theory of infinite CW-complexes with ends. The homotopy theory is approached without the rather sophisticated notion of pro-category. Spaces spherical objects of CW-complexes in the category of spaces with ends, and all arguments refer directly to this category. In this way, infinite homotopy theory is presented as a natural extension of classical homotopy theory. In particular, this book introduces the construction of the proper groupoid of a space with ends and then the cohomology with local coefficients is defined by the enveloping ringoid of the proper fundamental groupoid. This volume should be of interest to researchers whose work involves algebraic topology, category theory, homological algebra, general topology, manifolds, and cell complexes.

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Author:   H-J. Baues ,  A. Quintero
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2001 ed.
Volume:   6
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.350kg
ISBN:  

9780792369820

ISBN 10:   0792369823
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   30 June 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I. Foundations of homotopy theory and proper homotopy theory.- § 1 Compactifications and compact maps.- § 2 Homotopy.- § 3 Categories with a cylinder functor.- § 4 Cofibration categories and homotopy theory in I-categories.- § 5 Tracks and cylindrical homotopy groups.- § 6 Homotopy groups.- § 7 Cofibres.- Appendices.- § 8 Appendix. Compact maps.- § 9 Appendix. The Freudenthal compactification.- II. Trees and spherical objects in the category Topp of compact maps.- § 1 Locally finite trees and Freudenthal ends.- Appendix. Halin’s tree lemma.- § 2 Unions in Topp.- Appendix. The proper Hilton—Milnor theorem.- § 3 Spherical objects and homotopy groups in Topp.- §4 The homotopy category of n-dimensional spherical objects in Topp.- Appendix. Classification of spherical objects under a tree.- III. Tree-like spaces and spherical objects in the category End of ended spaces.- §1 Tree-like spaces in End.- § 2 Unions in End.- § 3 Spherical objects and homotopy groups in End.- §4 The homotopy category of n-dimensional spherical objects in End.- Appendix. Classification of spherical objects under a tree-like space.- § 5 Z-sets and telescopes.- § 6 ARZ-spaces.- IV. CW-complexes.- § 1 Relative CW-complexes in Top.- § 2 Strongly locally finite CW-complexes.- § 3 Relative CW-complexes in Topp.- § 4 Relative CW-complexes in End.- § 5 Normalization of CW-complexes.- § 6 Push outs of CW-complexes.- § 7 The Blakers—Massey theorem.- § 8 The proper Whitehead theorem.- V. Theories and models of theories.- § 1 Theories of cogroups and Van Kampen theorem for proper fundamental groups.- § 2 Additive categories and additivization.- § 3 Rings associated to tree-like spaces.- § 4 Inverse limits of gr(T)-models.- § 5 Kernels in ab(T).- VI. T-controlled homology.-§ 1 R-modules and the reduced projective class group.- § 2 Chain complexes in ringoids and homology.- § 3 Cellular T-controlled homology.- § 4 Coefficients for T-controlled homology and cohomology.- § 5 The Hurewicz theorem in End.- §6 The proper homological Whitehead theorem (the 1-connected case).- § 7 Proper finiteness obstructions (the 1-connected case).- VII. Proper groupoids.- § 1 Filtered discrete objects.- § 2 The fundamental groupoid of ended spaces.- § 3 The proper homotopy category of 1-dimensional reduced relative CW-complexes.- § 4 Free D-groupoids under G.- § 5 The proper fundamental groupoid of a 1-dimensional reduced relative CW-complex.- § 6 Simplicial objects in proper homotopy theory.- VIII. The enveloping ringoid of a proper grou-poid.- § 1 The homotopy category of 1-dimensional spherical objects under T.- § 2 The ringoid S (X, T) associated to a pair (X, T) in End.- § 3 The enveloping ringoid of the proper fundamental group.- § 4 The enveloping ringoid of the proper fundamental groupoid.- IX. T-controlled homology with coefficients.- §1 The T-controlled twisted chain complex of a relative CW-complex (X, T).- § 2 The T-controlled twisted chain complex of a CW-complex X.- § 3 T-controlled cohomology and homology with local coefficients.- § 4 Proper obstruction theory.- § 5 The twisted Hurewicz homomorphism and the twisted ?-sequence in ?End.- § 6 The proper homological Whitehead theorem (the 0-connected case).- § 7 Proper finiteness obstructions (the 0-connected case).- X. Simple homotopy types with ends.- § 1 The torsion group Kl.- § 2 Simple equivalences and proper equivalences.- § 3 The topological Whitehead group.- § 4 The algebraic Whitehead group.- § 5 The proper algebraic Whitehead group.- List of symbols.

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From the reviews: In this book the authors try to deal with more general spaces in a fundamental way by setting up algebraic topology in an abstract categorical context which encompasses not only the usual category of topological spaces and continuous maps, but also several categories related to proper maps. ... all concepts are carefully explained and detailed references for the proofs are given. ... a good understanding of the basics of ordinary homotopy theory is all that is needed to enjoy reading this book. (F. Clauwens, Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, Vol. 7 (2), 2006)

From the reviews: <p> In this book the authors try to deal with more general spaces in a fundamental way by setting up algebraic topology in an abstract categorical context which encompasses not only the usual category of topological spaces and continuous maps, but also several categories related to proper maps. a ] all concepts are carefully explained and detailed references for the proofs are given. a ] a good understanding of the basics of ordinary homotopy theory is all that is needed to enjoy reading this book. (F. Clauwens, Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, Vol. 7 (2), 2006)

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