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Homotypy vs Homotopy - What's the difference?

homotypy | homotopy |

As nouns the difference between homotypy and homotopy

is that homotypy is (biology|dated) serial homology while homotopy is (topology) a continuous deformation of one continuous function to another.

homotypy

English

Noun

(-)
  • (biology, dated) serial homology
    • (Webster 1913)

    homotopy

    English

    (wikipedia homotopy)

    Noun

    (homotopies)
  • (topology) A continuous deformation of one continuous function to another.
  • (topology) A theory associating a system of groups to each topological space.
  • (topology) A system of groups associated to a topological space.

    • Hyponyms

    * (continuous deformation) isotopy