释义 |
Hopf MapThe first example discovered of a Map from a higher-dimensional Sphere to a lower-dimensional Spherewhich is not null-Homotopic. Its discovery was a shock to the mathematical community, since it wasbelieved at the time that all such maps were null-Homotopic, by analogy with HomologyGroups. The Hopf map takes points ( , , , ) on a 3-sphere to points on a 2-sphere( , , )
Every point on the two Spheres corresponds to a Circle called the Hopf Circle on the 3-Sphere.
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