Hurewicz theorem

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This fact is related to: homotopy groups

Statement

If X is a n-connected space with n≥2 (viz its first n homotopy groups vanish) then the Hurewicz map on the (n+1)th homotopy group is an isomorphism:

πn+1(X,x0)→H~n+1(X)

and moreover, all the reduced homology groups upto n are zero.