Loopspace
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Loopspace is a noun meaning (mathematics) A function space of continuous functions that map from the unit interval to a space from x₀ to x₁, all of which map 0 to x₀ and 1 to x₁.
Meaning
(mathematics) A function space of continuous functions that map from the unit interval to a space from x₀ to x₁, all of which map 0 to x₀ and 1 to x₁.
Example Sentences
Ravenel's: "Infinite loopspace theorists, where are you?", or more prosaically: Can one start from the notion of Ring Spectrum Representing [Formal Group Laws] (the functor) and arrive at Complex Cobordism? Our answer is a tentative "sort-of".
Word Forms
- loopspaces
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include antispace, subspace, space, hyperspace, nullspace, span.
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