When Are Maps Homotopic?

Homotopy of maps
Two continuous maps F,G:X→Y are homotopic if there is a continuous homotopy H:X×[0,1]→Y such that H(x,0)=F(x) and H(x,1)=G(x) for all x∈X.

How do you prove homotopic?

Let A be a convex subset of Rn, endowed with the subspace topology, and let X be any topological space. Then any two continuous maps f,g: X → A are homotopic. Let X, Y be two topological spaces, and let Map(X, Y ) be the set of all continuous maps from X to Y .

Are all constant maps homotopic?

So we have : 1)Every map X → Y is homotopic to some constant map. 2)Any two constant maps X → Y are homotopic. Since homotopy is an equivalence relation, these two facts together imply that any two maps X → Y are homotopic.

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