Moduli spaces of manifolds: a user's guide

DOI10.1201/9781351251624-12MaRDI QIDQ5147888zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Søren Galatius, Oscar Randal-Williams

Publication date 29 January 2021

Published in Handbook of Homotopy Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.08151

zbMATH Keywords

characteristic classesdiffeomorphism groupshomological stabilitymoduli spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to algebraic topology (55-02) Infinite loop spaces (55P47) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes (57-02) Specialized structures on manifolds (spin manifolds, framed manifolds, etc.) (57R15) Topological quantum field theories (aspects of differential topology) (57R56) Other types of cobordism (57R90)

Abstract: We survey recent work on moduli spaces of manifolds with an emphasis on the role played by (stable and unstable) homotopy theory. The theory is illustrated with several worked examples.

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