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(A) Homotopic and nonhomotopic paths; (B) closed paths.

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Shadow of a man holding large knife in his hand inside of some dark, spooky buiding

7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

William Shakespeare

The Death of Shakespeare

July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.

Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Candles Burning On Table In Church

What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

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(A) Homotopic and nonhomotopic paths; (B) closed paths.

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topological space homology metric space Hausdorff space compactness manifold

Key People

Henry Whitehead

British mathematician