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space X is
contractible if the
identity map on X is null-homotopic, i.e. if it is
homotopic to some
constant map. Intuitively, a
contractible space is one...
- A
contract is an
agreement that
specifies certain legally enforceable rights and
obligations pertaining to two or more parties. A
contract typically involves...
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weakly contractible if all of its
homotopy groups are trivial. It
follows from Whitehead's
Theorem that if a CW-complex is
weakly contractible then it...
- In
moral and
political philosophy, the
social contract is an idea, theory, or
model that usually,
although not always,
concerns the
legitimacy of the authority...
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Design by
contract (DbC), also
known as
contract programming,
programming by
contract and design-by-
contract programming, is an
approach for designing...
- In finance, a ****ures
contract (sometimes
called ****ures) is a
standardized legal contract to buy or sell
something at a
predetermined price for delivery...
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space that
deformation retracts to a
point is
contractible and vice versa. However,
there exist contractible spaces that do not
strongly deformation retract...
- A
contractible manifold is one that can
continuously be
shrunk to a
point inside the
manifold itself. For example, an open ball is a
contractible manifold...
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Contract killing (also
known as murder-for-hire) is a form of
murder or ********ination in
which one
party hires another party to kill a
targeted person...
- Look up
contract in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
contract is a
legally binding agreement between at
least two parties.
Contract may also
refer to:...
