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This article defines a property that can be evaluated for a map between topological spaces. Note that the map is not assumed to be continuous
Definition
A map of topological spaces is termed nullhomotopic if there is a homotopy between it and the constant map.
Facts
- Any map to or from a contractible space is nullhomotopic