Let be a topological space.
Let be a loop so that is the base point and a continuous function, where ( and the identity function is homotopic).
Furthermore, let , and their topology defined by reative topology.
Are and homotopy equivalent?
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Sign up to join this communityLet be a topological space.
Let be a loop so that is the base point and a continuous function, where ( and the identity function is homotopic).
Furthermore, let , and their topology defined by reative topology.
Are and homotopy equivalent?
This is not true. Let and be defined as for all . Define as for all . Then, .
Next, let be the loop based at . Note that and . But, is not homotopically equivalent to as but .