Advances in homotopy theory : proceedings of a conference in honour of the 60th birthday of I.M. James / edited by S.M. Salamon, B. Steer, W.A. Sutherland.

"Publications of I.M. James" (p. 1-4)

Includes bibliographical references.

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Homotopy fixed points in the algebraic K-theory of certain infinite discrete groups / Gunnar Carlsson -- Applications of loop spaces to some problems in topology / F.R. Cohen -- Invariants of fixed-point-free circle actions / M.C. Crabb -- Bitangent spheres and critical points / Duan Hai-bao and Elmer Rees -- The enveloping ring of a II-algebra / W.G. Dwyer and D.M. Kan -- Cohomologie des groupes symétriques et application de Quillen / J.H. Gunawardena, J. Lannes, S. Zarati -- Looping Massey-Peterson towers / J.R. Harper and H.R. Miller -- Character and elliptic cohomology / Michael J. Hopkins -- Self maps of H-spaces / J.R. Hubback -- Character rings in algebraic topology / Nicholas J. Kuhn -- The rank filtration of Quillen's Q-construction / Stephen A. Mitchell -- Obstruction theory and the strict associativity of Morava K-theories / Alan Robinson -- Loop groups and harmonic maps / Grame Segal -- An almost groupoid structure for the space of (open) strings and implications for string field theory / Jim Stasheff -- Steenrod squares of polynomials / R.M.W. Wood.

This volume records the lectures given at a conference to celebrate Professor Ioan James' 60th birthday. Ioan James has made significant contributions to homotopy theory, highlighting problems and initiating new methods. The present volume contains papers from internationally distinguished researcher workers which lead on from recent and exciting breakthroughs. It will be important for all homotopy theorists as both a statement of current research and as a signpost for new directions.

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