Finite Connected H-spaces Are Contractible
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The non-Hausdorff suspension of the one-sphere S1 of complex numbers fails to model the group’s continuous multiplication. Moreover, finite connected H-spaces are contractible, and therefore cannot model infinite connected non-contractible H-spaces. For an H-space and a finite model of the topology, the multiplication can be realized on the finite model after barycentric subdivision.
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