Higher Homotopy Structures in Topology and Mathematical Physics: 227 (Contemporary Mathematics): Proceedings of an International Conference June ... Honor the Sixtieth Birthday of Jim Stasheff - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 082180913X ISBN 13: 9780821809136

Publisher: American Mathematical Society, 1999

Synopsis

Since the work of Stasheff and Sugawara in the 1960s on recognition of loop space structures on $H$-spaces, the notion of higher homotopies has grown to be a fundamental organizing principle in homotopy theory, differential graded homological algebra and even mathematical physics. This book presents the proceedings from a conference held on the occasion of Stasheff's 60th birthday at Vassar in June 1996. It offers a collection of very high quality papers and includes some fundamental essays on topics that open new areas. It's features include: accessible to a broad audience interested in mathematics and physics; offers a comprehensive overview of Stasheff's work; and, contains papers on very current research topics, including operads, combinatorial polyhedra and moduli spaces.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Mathematical Society
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 082180913X
• ISBN 13: 9780821809136
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 321
• Editor: McCleary John