K-Theory: An Introduction

by Max Karoubi

AT-theory was introduced by A. Grothendieck in his formulation of the Riemann- Roch theorem (cf. Borel and Serre [2]). For each projective algebraic variety, Grothendieck constructed a group from the category of coherent algebraic sheaves, and showed that it had many nice properties. Atiyah and Hirzebruch [3] con- sidered a topological analog defined for any compact space X, a group K{X) constructed from the category of vector bundles on X. It is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540798897
• ISBN13: 9783540798897
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"