The Kervaire invariant and surgery theory

Authors
Brown, EH
Citation
Eh. Brown, The Kervaire invariant and surgery theory, ANN MATH S, (145), 2000, pp. 105-120
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Current Book Contents
Journal title
SURVEYS ON SURGERY THEORY, VOL 1 → ACNP
ISSN journal
00662313
Issue
145
Year of publication
2000
Pages
105 - 120
Database
ISI
SICI code
0066-2313(2000):145<105:TKIAST>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We give an expository account of the development of the Kervaire invariant and its generalisations with emphasis on its applications to surgery and, i n particular, to the existence of stably parallelizable manifolds with Kerv aire invariant one.