Abstract:
In 1970, S. P. Novikov proposed a systematization of algebraic results of the surgery theory based on the Hamiltonian formalism over rings with involution. His results have had a significant impact on the development of Hermitian analogs of algebraic $K$-theory. This article was written at S. P. Novikov's suggestion and aims to present the current state of research at the interface between the problems of manifold theory and Hermitian $K$-theory of rings with involution.
Keywords:Hermitian $K$-theory, $L$-groups, ring with involution, quadratic form.
Funding agency
This work was supported by ongoing institutional funding. No additional grants to carry out or direct this particular research were obtained.
Citation:
Th. Yu. Popelensky, “Algebraic and Homological Aspects of Hermitian $K$-Theory”, Geometry, Topology, and Mathematical Physics, Collected papers. Dedicated to Academician Sergei Petrovich Novikov on the occasion of his 85th birthday, Trudy Mat. Inst. Steklova, 325, Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS, Moscow, 2024, 244–276; Proc. Steklov Inst. Math., 325 (2024), 230–261