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1、EricM.FriedlanderDanielR.GraysonEditorsHandbookofK-TheoryVolume1123EditorsEricM.FriedlanderDepartmentofMathematicsNorthwesternUniversityEvanston,Illinois60208USAe-mail:eric@math.northwestern.eduDanielR.GraysonDepartmentofMathematicsUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-ChampaignUrbana,Illinois61801USAe-mail
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5、statement,thatsuchnamesareexemptfromtherelevantprotectivelawsandregulationsandthereforefreeforgeneraluse.TypesettingandProduction:LE-TEXJelonek,Schmidt&VöcklerGbR,LeipzigCoverdesign:deblik,BerlinPrintedonacid-freepaper41/3142/YL543210PrefaceThisvolumeisacollectionofchaptersreflectingthestatusofmucho
6、fthecur-rentresearchinK-theory.Aseditors,ourgoalhasbeentoprovideanentryandanoverviewtoK-theoryinmanyofitsguises.Thus,eachchapterprovidesitsauthoranopportunitytosummarize,reflectupon,andsimplifyagiventopicwhichhastypicallybeenpresentedonlyinresearcharticles.Wehavegroupedthesechaptersintofiveparts,andw
7、ithineachpartthechaptersarearrangedalphabetically.Informally,K-theoryisatoolforprobingthestructureofamathematicalobjectsuchasaringoratopologicalspaceintermsofsuitablyparameterizedvectorspaces.Thus,insomesen