:Karin Bock ist wissenschaftliche Assistentin im Fachgebiet Bildung - Medien - Wirtschaft/Allg. Erziehungwissenschaft der TU ChemnitzDr. Werner Thole ist Professor für Jugend- und Erwachsenenbildung an der Universität Kassel.

Dieser EMS-Band bietet eine moderne Darstellung der homologischen Algebra und ihrer Anwendungen. Beide Autoren sind bekannte Forscher; Manin ist berühmt für seine Arbeiten in der algebraischen Geometrie und mathematischen Physik. Das Buch wendet sich an Forscher und Studenten höherer Semester in der Mathematik und an Physiker, die Methoden der algebraischen Geometrie und algebraischen Topologie verwenden.

This book presents a modern approach to homological algebra together with some important applications in algebraic geometry and algebraic topology. The authors Gel'fand and Manin are well-known researchers and Manin, in particular, is famous for his work in algebraic geometry and mathematical physics. The book is an excellent reference for graduate students and researchers in mathematics and also for physicists who use methods from algebraic geometry and algebraic topology.

1. Complexes and Cohomology.- 2. The Language of Categories.- 3. Homology Groups in Algebra and in Geometry.- 4. Derived Categories and Derived Functors.- 5. Triangulated Categories.- 6. Mixed Hodge Structures.- 7. Perverse Sheaves.- 8. D-Modules.- References.- Author Index.

This book, the first printing of which was published as volume 38 of the Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences, presents a modern approach to homological algebra, based on the systematic use of the terminology and ideas of derived categories and derived functors. The book contains applications of homological algebra to the theory of sheaves on topological spaces, to Hodge theory, and to the theory of modules over rings of algebraic differential operators (algebraic D-modules). The authors Gelfand and Manin explain all the main ideas of the theory of derived categories. Both authors are well-known researchers and the second, Manin, is famous for his work in algebraic geometry and mathematical physics. The book is an excellent reference for graduate students and researchers in mathematics and also for physicists who use methods from algebraic geometry and algebraic topology.