Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society
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- Volume 83, Number 4 (1977), 456-494.
Infinite loop space theory
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Bull. Amer. Math. Soc., Volume 83, Number 4 (1977), 456-494.
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Primary: 55–02 55B20 55D35 55F40
Secondary: 55B15 55D40 55E50 55F50 18C15: Triples (= standard construction, monad or triad), algebras for a triple, homology and derived functors for triples [See also 18Gxx] 18D10: Monoidal categories (= multiplicative categories), symmetric monoidal categories, braided categories [See also 19D23] 18F25: Algebraic $K$-theory and L-theory [See also 11Exx, 11R70, 11S70, 12- XX, 13D15, 14Cxx, 16E20, 19-XX, 46L80, 57R65, 57R67] 18H10
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May, J. P. Infinite loop space theory. Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 83 (1977), no. 4, 456--494. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.bams/1183538891
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