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Homotopy equivalence

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Summary

A pair of maps whose composites are homotopic to the corresponding identity maps.

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Canonically induces

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Homotopy equivalenceCohomology group

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Authored explanation

Homotopy-equivalent spaces have isomorphic singular cohomology groups.

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Record a genuine theorem implication that is not part of the target definition; these edges may point toward a weaker structure.

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Homotopy equivalenceHomology group

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Homotopy-equivalent spaces have isomorphic singular homology groups.

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Record a genuine theorem implication that is not part of the target definition; these edges may point toward a weaker structure.

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Homotopy equivalenceHomotopy

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A homotopy equivalence consists of maps whose composites are homotopic to the relevant identity maps; retaining a witnessing deformation gives homotopy data.

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Pass canonically from a stronger object to structure it determines, or forget part of the data while retaining a valid weaker structure. The carrier may change under a canonical induced construction.

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Homotopy equivalenceHomotopy type

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A homotopy equivalence is the relation-generating data used to classify spaces by homotopy type; the construction retains invariants such as homotopy and homology groups.

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A mathematical concept supplies part of the formal language, state space, representation, or analytic machinery used by a scientific or mathematical-physics concept. The source is the mathematical predecessor; this does not claim that physical content follows from mathematics alone.

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