identity map
DefinitionIf is a set, then the identity map in is the mappingthat maps each element in to itself.
0.0.1 Properties
- 1.
An identity map is always a bijection.
- 2.
Suppose has two topologies
and . Thenthe identity mapping is continuous if and only if is finer than , i.e., .
- 3.
The identity map on the -sphere, ishomotopic (http://planetmath.org/HomotopyOfMaps)to the antipodal map if is odd [1].
References
- 1 V. Guillemin, A. Pollack,Differential topology, Prentice-Hall Inc., 1974.