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homotopic

Adjective

Meaning

(topology, of two continuous maps) Such that there is a homotopy (a continuous deformation) taking one to the other.
f and g are homotopic.

(neuroscience) Having to do with or being a part of the correspondent region in the other brain hemisphere.

(phonetics, rare) Homorganic.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

; Short map : See metric map ; Simply connected : A space is simply connected if it is path-connected and every loop is homotopic to a constant map. Source: Internet

; Contractible : A space X is contractible if the identity map on X is homotopic to a constant map. Source: Internet

In particular, a counterclockwise interchange by half a turn is not homotopic to a clockwise interchange by half a turn. Source: Internet

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