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• ... that mathematician '''[[J. H. C. Whitehead (nonfiction)|John Henry Constantine "Henry" Whitehead]] (1904–1960) was one of the founders of [[Homotopy theory (nonfiction)|homotopy theory]], which originated in [[Algebraic topology (nonfiction)|algebraic topology]] as a systematic study of situations in which maps come with homotopies between them; and that J.J. Rotman, in his book on algebraic topology, as a tribute to Whitehead's intellect, stated: "There is a canard that every textbook of algebraic topology either ends with the definition of the Klein bottle or is a personal communication to J. H. C. Whitehead."? | • ... that mathematician '''[[J. H. C. Whitehead (nonfiction)|John Henry Constantine "Henry" Whitehead]]''' (1904–1960) was one of the founders of [[Homotopy theory (nonfiction)|homotopy theory]], which originated in [[Algebraic topology (nonfiction)|algebraic topology]] as a systematic study of situations in which maps come with homotopies between them; and that J.J. Rotman, in his book on algebraic topology, as a tribute to Whitehead's intellect, stated: "There is a canard that every textbook of algebraic topology either ends with the definition of the Klein bottle or is a personal communication to J. H. C. Whitehead."? | ||
Revision as of 11:18, 8 May 2020
• ... that mathematician John Henry Constantine "Henry" Whitehead (1904–1960) was one of the founders of homotopy theory, which originated in algebraic topology as a systematic study of situations in which maps come with homotopies between them; and that J.J. Rotman, in his book on algebraic topology, as a tribute to Whitehead's intellect, stated: "There is a canard that every textbook of algebraic topology either ends with the definition of the Klein bottle or is a personal communication to J. H. C. Whitehead."?
