simply-connected
Americanadjective
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(of a set or domain) having a connected complement.
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(of a set or domain) having the property that every simple closed curve in the set can be shrunk to a point without intersecting the boundary of the set.
Etymology
Origin of simply-connected
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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This was inelegant, but it was mathematically guaranteed to work on simply-connected mazes -- and, in fact, Harvey outperformed more sophisticated robots that tried to `learn' each maze by building an internal representation of it.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
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