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Context

Homotopy theory

homotopy theory, (∞,1)-category theory, homotopy type theory

flavors: stable, equivariant, rational, p-adic, proper, geometric, cohesive, directed

models: topological, simplicial, localic, …

see also algebraic topology

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Paths and cylinders

Homotopy groups

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Definition

The primary homotopy operations are the operations generated by

and

Properties

The primary homotopy operations encode via Pi-algebras into an algebraic structure akin to models for a Lawvere theory. (This is discussed more fully in the entry on Pi-algebras.)

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