# Types of topological retractions

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## Definitions

### Retraction

Let [ilmath](X,\mathcal{ J })[/ilmath] be a topological space and let [ilmath]A\in\mathcal{P}(X)[/ilmath] be considered a s subspace of [ilmath]X[/ilmath]. A continuous map, [ilmath]r:X\rightarrow A[/ilmath] is called a retraction if[1]:

• The restriction of [ilmath]r[/ilmath] to [ilmath]A[/ilmath] (the map [ilmath]r\vert_A:A\rightarrow A[/ilmath] given by [ilmath]r\vert_A:a\mapsto r(a)[/ilmath]) is the identity map, [ilmath]\text{Id}_A:A\rightarrow A[/ilmath] given by [ilmath]\text{Id}_A:a\mapsto a[/ilmath]

If there is such a retraction, we say that: [ilmath]A[/ilmath] is a retract[1] of [ilmath]X[/ilmath].

### Deformation retraction

A subspace, [ilmath]A[/ilmath], of a topological space [ilmath](X,\mathcal{ J })[/ilmath] is called a deformation retract of [ilmath]X[/ilmath], if there exists a retraction[2][1], [ilmath]r:X\rightarrow A[/ilmath], with the additional property:

• [ilmath]i_A\circ r\simeq\text{Id}_X[/ilmath][2][1] (That [ilmath]i_A\circ r[/ilmath] and [ilmath]\text{Id}_X[/ilmath] are homotopic maps)
Here [ilmath]i_A:A\hookrightarrow X[/ilmath] is the inclusion map and [ilmath]\text{Id}_X[/ilmath] the identity map of [ilmath]X[/ilmath].

Recall that a retraction, [ilmath]r:X\rightarrow A[/ilmath] is simply a continuous map where [ilmath]r\vert_A=\text{Id}_A[/ilmath] (the restriction of [ilmath]r[/ilmath] to [ilmath]A[/ilmath]). This is equivalent to the requirement: [ilmath]r\circ i_A=\text{Id}_A[/ilmath].

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