Nullhomotopic mappings and contractible spaces


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Nullhomotopic Mappings and Contractible Spaces

A space X is contractible if and only if every map f:X to Y (Y is arbitrary) is nullhomotopic. Similarly show X is contractible iff ever map f:Y to X is nullhomotopic.

In the first case if Y=X then see that the identity map on X is nullhomotopic. But Im not sure how to proceed for the rest.

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