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In mathematics, in particular in algebraic topology, the Hopf invariant is a homotopy invariant of certain maps between spheres. == Motivation == In 1931 Heinz Hopf used Clifford parallels to construct the ''Hopf map'' :, and proved that is essential, i.e. not homotopic to the constant map, by using the linking number (=1) of the circles : for any . It was later shown that the homotopy group is the infinite cyclic group generated by . In 1951, Jean-Pierre Serre proved that the rational homotopy groups : for an odd-dimensional sphere ( odd) are zero unless ''i'' = 0 or ''n''. However, for an even-dimensional sphere (''n'' even), there is one more bit of infinite cyclic homotopy in degree . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hopf invariant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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