In mathematics, in particular in homotopy theory within algebraic topology, the homotopy lifting property (also known as the right lifting property or the covering homotopy axiom) is a technical condition on a continuous function from a topological space E to another one, B. It is designed to support the picture of E 'above' B, by allowing a homotopy taking place in B to be moved 'upstairs' to E. For example, a covering map has a property of unique local lifting of paths to a given sheet; the uniqueness is to do with the fact that the fibers of a covering map are discrete spaces. The homotopy lifting property will hold in many situations, such as the projection in a vector bundle, fiber bundle or fibration, where there need be no unique way of lifting.
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