Noncommutative localization in topology
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A survey of the applications of the noncommutative Cohn localization of rings to the topology of manifolds with infinite fundamental group, with particular emphasis on the algebraic K- and L-theory of generalized free products.
20 pages, LATEX. To appear in the Proceedings of the Conference on Noncommutative Localization in Algebra and Topology, ICMS, Edinburgh, 29-30 April, 2002. v2 is a minor revision of v1
20 pages, LATEX. To appear in the Proceedings of the Conference on Noncommutative Localization in Algebra and Topology, ICMS, Edinburgh, 29-30 April, 2002. v2 is a minor revision of v1