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fundamental group (Definition)
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See Also: group, curve, étale fundamental group

Other names:  first homotopy group
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Cross-references: homotopy groups, homotopically equivalent, isomorphic, homeomorphic, topological invariant, category, category of pointed topological spaces, functor, torus, isomorphism, well-defined, path-connected, isomorphic groups, structure, group, product, maps, classes, homotopy, basepoint, topological space, pointed topological space
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This is version 12 of fundamental group, born on 2001-11-14, modified 2006-10-07.
Object id is 849, canonical name is FundamentalGroup.
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Classification:
AMS MSC55Q05 (Algebraic topology :: Homotopy groups :: Homotopy groups, general; sets of homotopy classes)
 20F34 (Group theory and generalizations :: Special aspects of infinite or finite groups :: Fundamental groups and their automorphisms)
 57M05 (Manifolds and cell complexes :: Low-dimensional topology :: Fundamental group, presentations, free differential calculus)

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