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Why is the definition of the higher homotopy groups the "right one"?
If someone asked me the question for the fundamental group, I would answer as follows:
The connection to classification of covering spaces.
The fundamental group of many spaces is an object of ...
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Motivation for equivariant homotopy theory?
I'm in the process of learning equivariant homotopy theory, so I was wondering: what is the importance of equivariant homotopy theory, and what has it been applied to so far? I know of HHR's solution ...