TY - JOUR AB - Let X H A(X) denote the algebraic K-theory of spaces functor. The main objective of this paper is to show that A(X x S-1) admits a functorial splitting. The splitting has four factors: a copy of A(X), a delooped copy of A(X) and two homeomorphic nil terms. One should view the decomposition as the algebraic K-theory of spaces version of the Bass-Heller-Swan theorem. In deducing this splitting, we introduce a new tool: a "non-linear" analogue of the projective line. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. DA - 2001 DO - 10.1016/S0022-4049(00)00058-X LA - eng IS - 1 M2 - 21 PY - 2001 SN - 0022-4049 SP - 21-52 T2 - Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra TI - The "fundamental theorem" for the algebraic K-theory of spaces. I UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-17853174 Y2 - 2024-11-22T03:06:46 ER -