Eilenberg-MacLane space

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Etymology

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After Samuel Eilenberg and Saunders Mac Lane (or MacLane), who invented the concept.

Noun

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Eilenberg-MacLane space (plural Eilenberg-MacLane spaces)

  1. (mathematics) A topological space that has precisely one nontrivial homotopy group.