Toric topology /
xiii, 518 p. : illustrations ; 27 cm. - (Mathematical surveys and monographs ; v 204.) Content notes : 1. Geometry and combinatorics of polytopes --
2. Combinatorial structures --
3. Combinatorial algebra of face rings --
4. Moment-angle complexes --
5. Toric varieties and manifolds --
6. Geometric structures on moment-angle manifolds --
7. Half-dimensional torus actions --
8. Homotopy theory of polyhedral products --
9. Torus actions and complex cobordism --
Appendix A. Commutative and homological algebra --
Appendix B. Algebraic topology --
Appendix C. Categorial constructions --
Appendix D. Bordism and cobordism --
Appendix E. Formal group laws and Hirzebruch genera --
Bibliography --
Index. Algebraic varieties. Algebraic topology. Algebraic Geometry.