Alpine Perspectives on Algebraic Topology

Contains the proceedings of the Third Arolla Conference on Algebraic Topology, which took place in Arolla, Switzerland, on August 18-24, 2008. This title includes research papers on stable homotopy theory, the theory of operads, localization and algebraic K-theory, as well as survey papers on the Witten genus and localization techniques.

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This volume contains the proceedings of the Third Arolla Conference on Algebraic Topology, which took place in Arolla, Switzerland, on August 18-24, 2008. This volume includes research papers on stable homotopy theory, the theory of operads, localization and algebraic K-theory, as well as survey papers on the Witten genus, on localization techniques and on string topology - offering a broad perspective of modern algebraic topology.