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Homotopy theory is an important sub-field of algebraic topology. It is mainly concerned with the properties and structures of spaces which are invariant under homotopy. Chief among these are the homotopy groups of spaces, specifically those of spheres. Homotopy theory includes a broad set of ideas and techniques, such as cohomology theories, spectra and stable homotopy theory, model categories, spectral sequences, and classifying spaces.

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Complex orientations on homotopy

The natural starting point of this story are E-orientations on, say closed, manifolds M. That's just a fundamental class $[M^n] \in E_n(M)$ such that cap product induces a (Poincare duality) isomorphi …
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Failure of smoothing theory for topological 4-manifolds

John, if you look at chapter 8 of Freedman-Quinn's book on topological 4-manifolds, you'll find the following computation of the homotopy groups of Top(4)/O(4): $\pi_3 = Z/2$ and $\pi_i = 0$ for $i=0 …
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Natural examples of finite dimensional spaces with interesting 2-type

The 2-type of a 4-manifold is an extremely interesting invariant. In fact, work of Hambleton and Kreck shows that in many cases it determines the homotopy type (if one adds the intersection form as an …
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How are these algebraic and geometric notions of homotopy of maps between manifolds related?

There is a simple way to understand the implication "geometric implies algebraic homotopy" if you remember that $\Omega^*(M \times I)$ is the (projective) tensor product of $\Omega^*(M)$ and $\Omega^* …
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