Meaning of quotient space | Babel Free

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A space obtained from another by identification of points that are equivalent to one another in some equivalence relation.

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“Thus if #92;mathfrak#123;D#125; is an arbitrary decomposition of a space X into mutually disjoint subsets, then the corresponding quotient space is obtained by 'shrinking' or 'identifying' each member of #92;mathfrak#123;D#125; to a single point. For this reason, the quotient spaces are sometimes called identification spaces and quotient maps as^([sic]) identification maps.”

“1989, unnamed translator, Nicolas Bourbaki, Elements of Mathematics: General Topology: Chapters 1-4, [1971, N. Bourbaki, Éléments de Mathématique: Topologie Générale 1-4, Masson], Springer, page 110, PROPOSITION 6. Every quotient space of a connected space is connected.”

“The quotient space obtained from such a relation is called extended Reeb (ER) quotient space. Moreover, the ER quotient space, which is an abstract sub-space of M* and is independent from the geometry, may be represented as a traditional graph, which is called the extended Reeb graph (ERG).”

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