Skip to main content
MathOverflow

Return to Question

While the question explicitly does not want "stable homotopy", the tag(s) is/are nevertheless appropriate.
Source Link
edit approved Dec 7, 2014 at 19:19
user62675
edit approved Dec 7, 2014 at 19:19
user62675

Hello. CanCan anyone give me a plain-and-simple definition of an E-infinity algebra without using the words "operad," "ring spectrum," or "stable homotopy"?

Sorry, but I honestly couldn't find it using all on-line resources at my disposal.

Thanks!

Hello. Can anyone give me a plain-and-simple definition of an E-infinity algebra without using the words "operad," "ring spectrum," or "stable homotopy"?

Sorry, but I honestly couldn't find it using all on-line resources at my disposal.

Thanks!

Can anyone give me a plain-and-simple definition of an E-infinity algebra without using the words "operad," "ring spectrum," or "stable homotopy"?

Sorry, but I honestly couldn't find it using all on-line resources at my disposal.

Thanks!

Source Link
Eric Zaslow
Eric Zaslow
  • 3.3k
  • 1
  • 31
  • 26

Definition of an E-infinity algebra

Hello. Can anyone give me a plain-and-simple definition of an E-infinity algebra without using the words "operad," "ring spectrum," or "stable homotopy"?

Sorry, but I honestly couldn't find it using all on-line resources at my disposal.

Thanks!