In this 2nd edition a new chapter 13 on MacLane (co)homology is added. It is compared with a variant of algebraic K-theory called stable K-theory. It turns out that these two theories are isomorphic. The main tool for this comparison is a third theory constructed from derived functors over the category of polynomial functors. This chapter is a transition from the content of the first 12 ch.

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Jean-Louis Loday has worked in algebraic K-theory, algebraic topology, noncommutative geometry and higher algebra. He is the author of "Cyclic Homology" a worldwide reference, published as volume 301 in the Grundleheren der mathematischen Wissenschadften. He is an editor of several mathematical journals and several Proceedings. He has organized six of the annual conferences "Operads 20xx" (starting in 2004). Bruno Vallette has worked on operads since his first years in mathematical research. He is the author of 10 research articles and a specialist of properads and of Batalin-Vilkovisky algebras. Loday and Vallette organized several summer schools and international conferences on the subject (France, China, Norway) and published the Proceedings of these conferences.

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1. Hochschild Homology.- 2. Cyclic Homology of Algebras.- 3. Smooth Algebras and Other Examples.- 4. Operations on Hochschild and Cyclic Homology.- 5. Variations on Cyclic Homology.- 6. The Cyclic Category, Tor and Ext Interpretation.- 7. Cyclic Spaces and Sl-Equivariant Homology.- 8. Chern Character.- 9. Classical Invariant Theory.- 10. Homology of Lie Algebras of Matrices.- 11. Algebraic K-Theory.- 12. Non-commutative Differential Geometry.- 13. Mac Lane (co)homology.- Appendices.- A. Hopf Algebras.- B. Simplicial.- C. Homology of Discrete Groups and Small Categories.- D. Spectral Sequences.- E. Smooth Algebras.- References.- References 19921996.- Symbols.