Polytopes, Rings, and K-Theory

by Winfried Bruns and Joseph Gubeladze

Book Overview

For every mathematician, ring theory and K-theory are intimately connected: al- braic K-theory is largely the K-theory of rings. At ?rst sight, polytopes, by their very nature, must appear alien to surveyors of this heartland of algebra. But in the presence of a discrete structure, polytopes de?ne a?ne monoids, and, in their turn, a?ne monoids give rise to monoid algebras. Teir spectra are the building blocks of toric varieties, an area that has developed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387763554
• ISBN13: 9780387763552
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 461 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"