Eilenberg-MacLane space

English

Etymology

After Samuel Eilenberg and Saunders Mac Lane (or MacLane), who invented the concept.

Noun

Eilenberg-MacLane space (plural Eilenberg-MacLane spaces)

  1. (mathematics) A topological space that has precisely one nontrivial homotopy group.
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