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loopspaces

loopspaces is the plural of loopspace.

Meaning of loopspace

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

Questions about loopspaces

What is loopspaces the plural of?
Loopspaces is the plural of loopspace.

Words near loopspaces in the dictionary

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

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