This is the result of the site owner’s struggle to understand algebra (i.e., theory of groups, rings, fields, etc.) with the starting point based on Modern Algebra by professor Akira Hattori.
There is no claim for originality; in fact, it is a hodge-podge of citations from literally hundreds of textbooks and articles.
Caveat: The chapter 12 Algebraic K-theory is only sketchy.
A retyped version of the long-circulated mimeographed notes. The transcriber first uploaded this to the site https://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~v1ranick/. Unfortunately, the site owner professor Ranicki has passed away for years, so nobody is sure if the site persists. Thus the transcriber decided to list the notes here.
A LaTeXed version of the legendary mimeographed notes by the world-renowned topologist.
There is a more “sophisticated” version published by the Princeton University Press https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691081229/characteristic-classes-am-76-volume-76.
However, the site by the late professor Ranicki https://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~v1ranick/ still lists the mimeographed version. So the transcriber believes that this retyped version is of some use.
A retyped version of the legendary mimeographed notes. The transcriber first uploaded this rendition to https://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/~v1ranick/. Unfortunately, professor Ranicki, the owner of that site, has passed away for years, and the transcriber is not sure if that site persists. So he has determined to list a copy below. He hopes that the students of topology benefits from the notes.
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