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Author(s): Douglas C. Ravenel
Title: Nilpotence and periodicity in stable homotopy theory
Additional book information: Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1992, xiv + 209 pp., US$24.95. ISBN 0-691-02572-X


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J. F. Adams, \emph{The work of M. J. Hopkins}, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1992 pp.~525--529.
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M. J. Hopkins and J. H. Smith, Nilpotence and stable homotopy theory. {\rm II}, Ann. of Math. (2).
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G. Nishida, The nilpotence of elements of the stable homotopy groups of spheres, J. Math. Soc. Japan \textbf{25} (1973), 707--732.
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D. C. Ravenel, Localization with respect to certain periodic homology theories, Amer. J. Math. \textbf{106} (1984), 351--414.
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D. C. Ravenel, Complex cobordism and stable homotopy groups of spheres, Academic Press, New York, 1986.


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Reviewer(s):
Peter S. Landweber

Review Information:
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 31 (1994), 243-246.
DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1994-00527-0
PII: S 0273-0979(1994)00527-0


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