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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a>, a <b>pointed space</b> or <b>based space</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=topological_space">topological space</a> with a distinguished point, the <b>basepoint</b>. The distinguished point is just simply one particular point, picked out from the space, and given a name, such as  that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion, and is kept track of during all operations. Common examples of naturally pointed spaces include spheres (with the north pole as basepoint), closed intervals [0,1] (with</p><p>
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