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The loop space $Ω_X$ of a pointed topological space $X$ is the space of based maps from the circle $\mathbb S^1$ to $X$ with the compact-open topology.

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Loopspace of an Eilenberg Maclane space K(G,n)

In general,the map $P(X,x_0)\to X$ from the space of based paths in $X$ is a fibration with fiber $\Omega(X,x_0)$. Since $P(X,x_0)$ is contractible, by shrinking paths back toward the base point $x_0$ …
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