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collapse.
in topology, an operation that reduces a simplicial complex (or a CW complex) to a homotopy-equivalent subcomplex
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In topology, a branch of mathematics, a collapse reduces a simplicial complex to a homotopy-equivalent subcomplex. Collapses, like CW complexes themselves, were invented by J. H. C. Whitehead. Collapses find applications in computational homology.
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