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On the algebraic \(K\)-theory of simply connected spaces
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    On the algebraic \(K\)-theory of simply connected spaces (English)
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    13 July 1997
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    This paper gives an interpretation of Waldhausen's (reduced) functor \(\tilde A(X)\) in terms of more familiar objects of algebraic topology. The main ingredients are the cyclotomic trace invariant of \textit{M. Bökstedt, W. C. Hsiang} and \textit{I. Madsen} [Invent. Math. 111, No. 3, 465-539 (1993; Zbl 0804.55004)] and the calculus of functors of \textit{T. G. Goodwillie} [``The differential calculus of homotopy functors'', in: Proc. Int. Congr. Math., Kyoto 1990, Vol. I, 621-630 (1991; Zbl 0759.55011)]. The main result of the paper is that after \(p\)-completion \(\tilde A(X)\) agrees with \(\widetilde{TC}(X;p)\) for a simply connected space \(X\) of finite type. Moreover, the authors give a description of the \(p\)-completion of \(\widetilde{TC}(X;p)\). This description is then used to describe the \(p\)-completion of \(\widetilde{Wh}(X)\). Applications to the homotopy type of the space of smooth pseudo-isotopies of a manifold and integral versions of the results are discussed.
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    cyclotomic trace
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    calculus of homotopy functors
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