 Classifying space (source code)

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= Classifying space
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For a <topological group> $G$, a universal <principal bundle> $EG\to BG$ has contractible total space and classifies numerable principal $G$-bundles by pullback. Over a paracompact base, isomorphism classes correspond to <homotopy classes> of maps to $BG$. For a discrete group, its <classifying space of a discrete group> is a $K(G,1)$; for the circle, $BS^1\simeq\mathbb{CP}^\infty$.

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