Definition:Embedding (Topology)/Also known as
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Embedding in context of Topology: Also known as
An embedding is also known as a homeomorphism on its image.
Some authors use the terms topological embedding, imbedding, or topological imbedding.
Some refer to an embedding in rather than an embedding into.
Sources
- 2000: James R. Munkres: Topology (2nd ed.): $\S 18$