"quotient map" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: quotient maps [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} quotient map (plural quotient maps)
  1. (topology) A surjective, continuous function from one topological space to another one, such that the latter one's topology has the property that if the inverse image (under the said function) of some subset of it is open in the function's domain, then the subset is open in the target space. Wikipedia link: quotient map Categories (topical): Topology Synonyms: identification map Related terms: quotient space, quotient topology
    Sense id: en-quotient_map-en-noun-PovNuBkC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology

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