Manifolds with Singularities and the Adams-Novikov Spectral Sequence

Traditionally, the Adams-Novikov spectral sequence has been a tool that has enabled the computation of generators and relations to describe homotopy groups. Here a natural geometric description of the sequence is given in terms of cobordism theory and manifolds with singularities. The author brings together many interesting results not widely known outside the USSR, including some recent work by Vershinin.