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Null-Homotopic


A continuous map f:X->Y between topological spaces is said to be null-homotopic if it is homotopic to a constant map.

If a space X has the property that id_X, the identity map on X, is null-homotopic, then X is contractible.


This entry contributed by Rasmus Hedegaard

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Hedegaard, Rasmus. "Null-Homotopic." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource, created by Eric W. Weisstein. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Null-Homotopic.html

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