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Formal Groups and Applications, Hardback Book

Formal Groups and Applications Hardback

Part of the AMS Chelsea Publishing series

Hardback

Description

This book is a comprehensive treatment of the theory of formal groups and its numerous applications in several areas of mathematics.

The seven chapters of the book present basics and main results of the theory, as well as very important applications in algebraic topology, number theory, and algebraic geometry.

Each chapter ends with several pages of historical and bibliographic summary.

One prerequisite for reading the book is an introductory graduate algebra course, including certain familiarity with category theory.

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