Stable Categories and Structured Ring Spectra

A graduate-level introduction to the homotopical technology in use at the forefront of modern algebraic topology.

This comprehensive text focuses on the homotopical technology at the forefront of modern algebraic topology. Extended tutorial chapters by leaders in the field offer an authoritative and accessible treatment of the modern construction of the stable category in terms of both model categories of point-set diagram spectra and infinity-categories.This comprehensive text focuses on the homotopical technology in use at the forefront of modern algebraic topology. Following on from a standard introductory algebraic topology sequence, it will provide students with a comprehensive background in spectra and structured ring spectra. Each chapter is an extended tutorial by a leader in the field, offering the first really accessible treatment of the modern construction of the stable category in terms of both model categories of point-set diagram spectra and infinity-categories. It is one of the only textbook sources for operadic algebras, structured ring spectra, and Bousfield localization, which are now basic techniques in the field, and the book provides a rare expository treatment of spectral algebraic geometry. Together the contributors — Emily Riehl, Daniel Dugger, Clark Barwick, Michael A. Mandell, Birgit Richter, Tyler Lawson, and Charles Rezk — offer a complete, authoritative source to learn the foundations of this vibrant area.