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Homotopy theory, homological algebra, algebraic treatments of manifolds.

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Identifying $d_1$ in the Atiyah-Hirzebruch-Serre spectral sequence

This is Theorem 4.8 in Chapter XIII of Whitehead, George W. Elements of homotopy theory. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 61. Springer-Verlag, New York-Berlin, 1978. xxi+744 pp. ISBN: 0-387-90336-4 an …
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Has anyone seen a nice map of multiplicative cohomology theories?

An informal reference could be the diagram on page 2 of the lecture notes from my September 2000 lecture in Oberwolfach, where I discussed the chromatic red-shift conjecture.
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A question about cohomology of the classifying spaces of compact groups

(Edited per request to add more detail.) Consider first the case $G = U(n)$. If $S^1 \to U(1)^n \subset U(n)$ is injective, with $H^*(BS^1) = Z[t]$, $H^*(BU(1)^n) = Z[t_1, \dots, t_n]$, $H^*(BU(n)) = …
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Loop-space functor on cohomology

If you are willing to read a little French, look at page 434 of Serre's "Homologie singuliere des espaces fibres" (1951). For an exercise in English, with a hint, try Exercise 2 on page 155 in Mosher …
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Is there an ∞-categorical interpretation of the Quillen S⁻¹S construction?

A published reference for the claim (right after the question in boldface) is the proof given by Thomason on pages 1657-1658 of "First quadrant spectral sequences in algebraic K-theory via homotopy co …
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What are some good examples of spectral sequences which degenerate after the first nontrivia...

Some examples with one nonzero family of differentials: The classical Adams spectral sequence for $j/p$, the connective image-of-J spectrum reduced mod $p$, collapses at $E_3$, by Theorems 4.5 (at $p= …
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Derivations in the Steenrod algebra

The $D$ with $D(xy) = xD(y) + D(x)y$ are the primitives in the Steenrod algebra $A$, which are dual to the indecomposables $\xi_i$ in $A_* = F_2[\xi_i \mid i\ge1]$, so there is one such $D$ in each de …
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Does a complex-oriented $E_1$ ring spectrum (not assumed to have graded-commutative homotopy...

The initial example of such an $E$ is the Thom spectrum $M\xi$ associated to the $E_1$-map $\Omega \Sigma BU(1) \to BU$, studied by Baker and Richter in "Quasisymmetric functions from a topological po …
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Reference for choosing a path lifting function?

(Not an answer, but long for a comment.) Spanier's "Algebraic Topology", Section 2.7, gives Hurewicz' proof of the theorem that a local (Hurewicz) fibration with respect to a numerable open cover of …
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string bordism group and framed bordism group for $d \leq 6$ and $d \geq 7$

The map $i : * = B\{e\} \to BString$ over $BF = BGL_1(S)$ is $7$-connected, so induces a $7$-connected map $S = M\{e\} \to MString$ of Thom spectra, by the Thom isomorphism and Hurewicz theorem. At …
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The complex $K$-theory of the Thom spectrum $MU$

You can learn about this, and more, in Part II of Adams' "Stable Homotopy and Generalised Homology" (1974), especially section 4, in the special case $E = KU$.
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Spectral sequences and short exact sequences

If you instead work with a cofiber sequence of filtered spectra, then I gave a sufficient condition in Proposition 5.4 of https://www.mn.uio.no/math/personer/vit/rognes/papers/highfix.pdf (JPAA, 1999) …
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Alternate proofs of homotopy excision theorem

The proof of Theorem 9.3.5 (especially the part on page 486) in Spanier's "Algebraic Topology" may be more to your liking. It presumes you have already established the relative Hurewicz theorem, e.g. …
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Homology of braid groups and loop spaces

Looping the fiber sequence $S^1 \to S^3 \to S^2$ gives $\Omega^2 S^2 \simeq \mathbb{Z} \times \Omega^2 S^3$. This is the group completion $\mathbb{Z} \times BB_\infty^+$ of $\coprod_{n\ge0} BB_n$, so …
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Why the sphere spectrum is more correct than $\mathbb{Z}$?

An elementary answer to the first part of your question: Finite sets are more fundamental than their cardinalities. Consider the category of finite sets and bijective functions. Its geometric realiza …
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