An attack on the Kervaire invariant conjecture

The present thesis developed in three stages, each associated with a particular problem. The problems are, in 'historical' order: (1) (The Kervaire invariant problem): Find out for which positive integers k the Kervaire invariant Φ:πs2k -> z2 is onto. (2) Given a fibration f:B -> BO,...

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Main Author: Weiss, Michael
Published: University of Warwick 1982
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.291493