Etymology

homotopy

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Today it means: A continuous deformation of one continuous function or map to another. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὁμός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὁμός“same, similar”
  2. English todayhomotopy

From Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same, similar”) + τόπος (tópos, “place”); earliest known use in print in 1922, Oswald Veblen, Analysis Situs.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὁμός all →

homologicalhomilitehomo-homoecioushomomorphoushomonomoushomoplasyhomopolar

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