Cubical Homotopy Theory
Cubical Homotopy Theory
Ismar Volić, Wellesley College, Massachusetts
Graduate students and researchers alike will benefit from this treatment of classical and modern topics in homotopy theory of topological spaces with an emphasis on cubical diagrams. The book contains 300 examples and provides detailed explanations of many fundamental results. Part I focuses on foundational material on homotopy theory, viewed through the lens of cubical diagrams: fibrations and cofibrations, homotopy pullbacks and pushouts, and the Blakers–Massey Theorem. Part II includes a brief example-driven introduction to categories, limits and colimits, an accessible account of homotopy limits and colimits of diagrams of spaces, and a treatment of cosimplicial spaces. The book finishes with applications to some exciting new topics that use cubical diagrams: an overview of two versions of calculus of functors and an account of recent developments in the study of the topology of spaces of knots.
- Accessible graduate-level text with 300 examples
- Contemporary treatment of classical topics will make it a valuable reference for researchers
- Explores applications that may inspire readers to pursue further research in the area
Reviews & endorsements
'… this volume can serve as a good point of reference for the machinery of homotopy pullbacks and pushouts of punctured n-cubes, with all the associated theory that comes with it, and shows with clarity the interest these methods have in helping to solve current, general problems in homotopy theory. Chapter 10, in particular, proves that what is presented here goes beyond the simple development of a new language to deal with old problems, and rather shows promise and power that should be taken into account.' Miguel Saramago, MathSciNet
Product details
No date availableHardback
9781107030251
644 pages
235 × 160 × 38 mm
1.01kg
20 b/w illus.
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I. Cubical Diagrams:
- 1. Preliminaries
- 2. 1-cubes: homotopy fibers and cofibers
- 3. 2-cubes: homotopy pullbacks and pushouts
- 4. 2-cubes: the Blakers-Massey Theorems
- 5. n-cubes: generalized homotopy pullbacks and pushouts
- 6. The Blakers–Massey Theorems for n-cubes
- Part II. Generalizations, Related Topics, and Applications:
- 7. Some category theory
- 8. Homotopy limits and colimits of diagrams of spaces
- 9. Cosimplicial spaces
- 10. Applications
- Appendix
- References
- Index.
