Homotopy Theory via Algebraic Geometry and Group Representations

The March 1997 conference was held as part of the 1996-97 Northwestern special emphasis year in algebraic topology. The volume lists the plenary lectures presented and concludes with 15 problems presented at a special session. Representative titles of selected papers include: brave new worlds in stable homotopy theory (J. P. May), notes on the Hopkins-Miller theorem (C. Rezk), skew symmetric bundle maps (D. Gottlieb), Spanier-Whitehead duality and critical points (O. Cornea), and what we still don't know about loop spaces of spheres (D. Ravenel). No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR