TY - BOOK AU - Swan,R.G. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Algebraic K-theory T2 - Lecture Notes in Mathematics, SN - 9783540359173 AV - QA1-939 U1 - 510 23 PY - 1968/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg KW - Mathematics KW - Mathematics, general N1 - Category Theory -- Quotient categories -- Definition of KO(A) and some examples -- Krull-Schmidt theorems and applications -- Definition of G(R) and examples -- The connection between KO(R) and GO(R) -- Localization and relation between GO(R) and GO(RS) -- KO of graded rings -- Spec (R) and H(R) -- Picard group and the determinant -- Basic topological remarks -- Chain complexes and the nilpotence of of -- Serre's theorem -- Cancerllation theorems -- K1(A) -- K2(R) -- The exact sequence of Ki's -- Further results on K1 and K0 -- Relations between algebraic and topological K theory N2 - From the Introduction: "These notes are taken from a course on algebraic K-theory [given] at the University of Chicago in 1967. They also include some material from an earlier course on abelian categories, elaborating certain parts of Gabriel's thesis. The results on K-theory are mostly of a very general nature." UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BFb0080281 ER -