Geometric Topology Localization, Periodicity And Galois Symmetry; The 1970 MIT Notes

The seminal 'MIT notes' of Dennis Sullivan were issued in June 1970 and were widely circulated at the time, but only privately. The notes had a major influence on the development of both algebraic and geometric topology, pioneering the localization and completion of spaces in homotopy theory, including P-local, profinite and rational homotopy theory, the Galois action on smooth manifold structures in profinite homotopy theory, and the K-theory orientation of PL manifolds and bundles. This is the first time that this major work has actually been published, and made available to anyone interested in topology.Sullivan, Dennis P. is the author of 'Geometric Topology Localization, Periodicity And Galois Symmetry; The 1970 MIT Notes', published 2005 under ISBN 9781402035111 and ISBN 140203511X.