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[parent] winding number and fundamental group (Result)

The winding number is an analytic way to define an explicit isomorphism

$$ W[\bullet:z_0]\co \pi_1(\BC\setminus z_0)\to\BZ$$ from the fundamental group of the punctured (at $z_0$ ) complex plane to the group of integers.




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Cross-references: integers, group, complex plane, fundamental group, isomorphism, analytic, winding number

This is version 2 of winding number and fundamental group, born on 2002-08-23, modified 2004-01-24.
Object id is 3340, canonical name is WindingNumberAndFundamentalGroup.
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AMS MSC30A99 (Functions of a complex variable :: General properties :: Miscellaneous)
 55M25 (Algebraic topology :: Classical topics :: Degree, winding number)

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