Definition:Contractible Space/Definition 1

Definition

Let $X$ be a topological space.

$X$ is called contractible if and only if the identity map $\operatorname{id}_X$ is homotopic to a constant map $X \to X$.

Also see

• Equivalence of Definitions of Contractible Space

• Results about contractible spaces can be found here.

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