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082			_a512.55 _bMAN
100			_aMagurn, Bruce A.
245			_aAlgebraic introduction to K-theory, Vol. 87
260			_bCambridge University Press, _c2002. _aCambridge:
300			_axiv, 676 p.; _bpb; _c25 cm.
365			_aGBP _b84.99
440			_aEncyclopedia of mathematics and its applications.
520			_aThe presentation is self-contained, with all the necessary background and proofs, and is divided into short sections with exercises to reinforce the ideas and suggest further lines of inquiry. The prerequisites are minimal: just a first semester of algebra (including Galois theory and modules over a principal ideal domain). No experience with homological algebra, analysis, geometry, number theory, or topology is assumed. The author has successfully used this text to teach algebra to first-year graduate students. Selected topics can be used to construct a variety of one-semester courses; coverage of the entire text requires a full year.
650			_aK-theory
650			_aAlgebraic Topology
650			_aModules
942			_2ddc _cTD