Open AccessLink homotopy.
Author(s) -
Ulrich Koschorke
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences of the united states of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.011
H-Index - 771
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.88.1.268
Subject(s) - homotopy , link (geometry) , cofibration , n connected , fibration , mathematics , disjoint sets , regular homotopy , homotopy lifting property , homotopy sphere , homotopy category , pure mathematics , combinatorics
Link homotopy considers systems of pairwise disjoint singular spheres up to deformations through such "link maps." In a large range of higher dimensions the resulting link homotopy groups are determined and described in the language of standard homotopy theory.