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Fibration vs Cofibration - What's the difference?

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Fibration is a related term of cofibration.


As nouns the difference between fibration and cofibration

is that fibration is (algebraic topology) a continuous mapping satisfying the homotopy lifting property with respect to any space while cofibration is (mathematics) a particular form of mapping a continuous mapping i\colon a \to x, where a'' and ''x'' are topological spaces, is a cofibration if it satisfies the homotopy extension property with respect to all spaces ''y .

fibration

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (algebraic topology) a continuous mapping satisfying the homotopy lifting property with respect to any space.
  • cofibration

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    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia cofibration)
  • (mathematics) A particular form of mapping. A continuous mapping i\colon A \to X, where A'' and ''X'' are topological spaces, is a cofibration if it satisfies the homotopy extension property with respect to all spaces ''Y .