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loopspace

loopspace noun: 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.

Noun

loopspace (plural loopspaces)

  1. 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.
    • 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"..2016, Jesse C. McKeown, “Complex Cobordism vs. Representing Formal Group Laws”, in arXiv

Forms of loopspace

pluralloopspaces

Questions about loopspace

What does loopspace mean?
Loopspace means 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.
What part of speech is loopspace?
Loopspace is a noun.
What is the plural of loopspace?
The plural of loopspace is loopspaces.

Words near loopspace in the dictionary

  1. loops
  2. loops in
  3. loops of Henle
  4. loops the loop
  5. loops up
  6. loopspace
  7. loopspaces
  8. looptail
  9. looptop
  10. looptops
  11. loopwise

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