Based on a January 2002 workshop held in Glasgow, this collection deals with the construction of E-infinity structures and obstruction theories for algebra structures on spectra. The nine papers discuss an enlarged version of Morita equivalence, moduli spaces of commutative ring spectra, cohomology theories for highly structured ring spectra, higher coherences in equivariant K-theory, and permutative categories as a model of connective stable homotopy. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The prominent role of multiplicative cohomology theories has led to a great deal of foundational research recently on ring spectra within the field of algebraic topology. This has given rise to significant new approaches to constructing categories of spectra and ring-like objects in them. These essays contain important new contributions to the theory of structured ring spectra as well as survey papers describing relationships between them.
This book contains some important new contributions to the theory of structured ring spectra.