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This is inspired by The Whitehead for mapsThe Whitehead for maps question.

Consider two maps f, g: X\to Y which happen to induce the same maps (of discrete spaces) [Z, X] \to [Z, Y] for every Z. Does this mean f and g are homotopic?

And what would be the lessons from the answer to this question? I feel like there's something interesting about the way we should ask it.

This is inspired by The Whitehead for maps question.

Consider two maps f, g: X\to Y which happen to induce the same maps (of discrete spaces) [Z, X] \to [Z, Y] for every Z. Does this mean f and g are homotopic?

And what would be the lessons from the answer to this question? I feel like there's something interesting about the way we should ask it.

This is inspired by The Whitehead for maps question.

Consider two maps f, g: X\to Y which happen to induce the same maps (of discrete spaces) [Z, X] \to [Z, Y] for every Z. Does this mean f and g are homotopic?

And what would be the lessons from the answer to this question? I feel like there's something interesting about the way we should ask it.

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Ilya Nikokoshev
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Something like Yoneda's lemma

This is inspired by The Whitehead for maps question.

Consider two maps f, g: X\to Y which happen to induce the same maps (of discrete spaces) [Z, X] \to [Z, Y] for every Z. Does this mean f and g are homotopic?

And what would be the lessons from the answer to this question? I feel like there's something interesting about the way we should ask it.