The mathematical work of Douglas C. Ravenel. (English) Zbl 1157.55301

Hopkins, Michael J.

Homology Homotopy Appl. 10, No. 3, 1-13 (2008).

Summary: This is a transcription of my talk on the work of Doug Ravenel. While it was intended as a one-time performance, the organizers felt it would be a good idea to have some representation appear as part of the conference proceedings. Don Davis went to the great trouble of transcribing the lecture from a video, and he sent it to me. After reading it I agreed to have it included in these proceedings. Even though the text is ungrammatical, repetitious and meandering (apparently that’s how I talk), it feels to me as if it conveys something about how the world of algebraic topology has felt all these years with Doug in it. So with heartfelt thanks to Don Davis, here it is.

MSC:

55T15	Adams spectral sequences
55N22	Bordism and cobordism theories and formal group laws in algebraic topology
55Q51	\(v_n\)-periodicity
55-03	History of algebraic topology
01A70	Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies

Keywords:

Adams-Novikov spectral sequence; stable homotopy theory; jokes