On first countable quasitopological homotopy groups

Abstract

Abstract If q: X → Y is a quotient map, then, in general, q × q: X × X → Y × Y may fail to be a quotient map. In this paper, by reviewing the concept of homotopy groups and quotient maps, we find under which conditions the map q × q is a quotient map, where q: Ω n (X, x 0) → πn (X, x 0), is the natural quotient map from the nth loop space of (X, x 0), Ω n (X, x 0), with compact-open topology to the quasitopological nth homotopy group πn (X, x 0). Ultimately, using these results, we found some properties of first countable homotopy groups.