cobordism theory = manifolds and cobordisms + stable homotopy theory/higher category theory
Concepts of cobordism theory
homotopy classes of maps to Thom space MO
complex cobordism cohomology theory
flavors of bordism homology theories/cobordism cohomology theories, their representing Thom spectra and cobordism rings:
bordism theoryM(B,f) (B-bordism):
MO, MSO, MSpin, MSpinc, MSpinh MString, MFivebrane, M2-Orient, M2-Spin, MNinebrane (see also pin⁻ bordism, pin⁺ bordism, pinᶜ bordism, spin bordism, spinᶜ bordism, spinʰ bordism, string bordism, fivebrane bordism, 2-oriented bordism, 2-spin bordism, ninebrane bordism)
equivariant bordism theory: equivariant MFr, equivariant MO, equivariant MU
global equivariant bordism theory: global equivariant mO, global equivariant mU
algebraic: algebraic cobordism
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flavors of bordism homology theories/cobordism cohomology theories, their representing Thom spectra and cobordism rings:
bordism theoryM(B,f) (B-bordism):
MO, MSO, MSpin, MSpinc, MSpinh MString, MFivebrane, M2-Orient, M2-Spin, MNinebrane (see also pin⁻ bordism, pin⁺ bordism, pinᶜ bordism, spin bordism, spinᶜ bordism, spinʰ bordism, string bordism, fivebrane bordism, 2-oriented bordism, 2-spin bordism, ninebrane bordism)
equivariant bordism theory: equivariant MFr, equivariant MO, equivariant MU
global equivariant bordism theory: global equivariant mO, global equivariant mU
algebraic: algebraic cobordism
Michael Atiyah, Bordism and Cobordism, Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Volume 57, Issue 2, April 1961, pp. 200 - 208 (doi:10.1017/S0305004100035064, pdf)
Sergei Novikov, Homotopy properties of Thom complexes, Mat. Sbornik 57 (1962), no. 4, 407–442, 407–442 (pdf, pdf)
Robert Stong, Chapter IX of: Notes on Cobordism theory, Princeton University Press, 1968 (toc pdf, ISBN:9780691649016, pdf)
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