Obstruction Theory on Homotopy Classification of Maps
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628 Hans J. Baues
Obstruction Theory on Homotopy Classification of Maps
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York 1977
Author
Hans J. Baues Sonderforschungsbereich 40 .Jbeoretische Mathematik" Mathematisches Institut der Universitat Wegelerstr. 10 5300 Bonn/BRD
AMS Subject Classification (1970): 55-02, 55A05, 55A20, 55BlO, 55B25, 55B45, 55C25, 55C30, 55DXX, 55EXX, 55GXX, 55H05, 55H15,55H99
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Contents
CHAPTER O. CONVENTIONS AND NOTATrON (0.0) Maps and homotopy, and excision theorems •.•.•••••• (0.1) Cofibrations and fibrations •.•.•••..••••••.•••••••
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(0.2) Homotopy groups ••••••••.••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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(0.3) Whitehead products ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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(0.4) Operation of the fundamental group ••••••••••••••••
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(0.5) Homology and cohomology groups ••.•••••••..••••••••
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CHAPTER 1. PRINCIPAL FIBRATIONS AND COFIBRATIONS, OBSTRUCTIONS AND DIFFERENCES (1.1) Extension and lifting problems ••••••••••••••••.•.•
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(1.2) Principal cofibrations and extension of maps and sections. . . . • • • • • . • . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • . . • . . • • . • . • . • • • • .
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(1.3) Principal fibrations and lifting of maps and retractions •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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(1.4) CW-spaces •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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(1.5) Postnikov spaces •••••••.•..•••••.•..•.•...•••••••• 110
CHAPTER 2. RELATIVE PRINCIPAL COFIBRATIONS AND FIBRATIONS (2.1) Relative principal cofibrations ••••••••••••••••••• 121 (2.2) Relative principal fibrations ••••••••••••••••••••• 131 (2.3) Postnikov decompositions, CW-decompositions, and their principal reductions .••.•••.•..•...•.•••••••
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(2.4) The exact classification sequences of a principal cofibration ••••••••••••.••.•••••••••••••••.••••••• 151 Example: Classification of maps from an n-dimensional Torus into the 2-sphere ••••.•.•...•••••••••
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(2.5) The exact classification sequences of a principal fibration ••••..•••••••...•.•.••••.••..•.•••••.••••
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(2.6) The fiber and cofiber sequences in the category of ex-spaces ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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CHAPTER 3. ITERATED PRINCIPAL COFIBRATIONS (3.1) The partial suspension ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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Appendix: The algebra of stable and partially stable maps and the Pontrjagin algebra •••..•••••••.•
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