homotopy

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A continuous deformation of one continuous function or map to another.

   “The concept of homotopy represents a formalisation of the intuitive idea of a smooth deformation of one curve into another.”

2. isim The relationship between two continuous functions where homotopy from one to the other is evident.
3. isim Ellipsis of homotopy theory (“the systematic study of homotopies and their equivalence classes”).
4. isim A theory associating a system of groups with each topological space.
5. isim A system of groups associated with a topological space.