Lecture notes on Witt vectors

The purpose of these notes is to give a self-containing introduction to Witt vectors. We cover both the classical p-typical Witt vectors introduced by Teichmuller and Witt and the "big" or "generalized" Witt vectors introduced by Cartier. Finally, we discuss special &lambda -rings and Adams operations.

Lars Hesselholt <larsh@math.nagoya-u.ac.jp>