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Proving the Fundamental Group of SO(2) is Z: How Can it Be Done Explicitly?

Thank you very much!
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- Nov 2, 2015
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Proving the Fundamental Group of SO(2) is Z: How Can it Be Done Explicitly?

If i remember correctly complex numbers of unitary norm can be represented as 2x2 orthogonal matrices. I could use that to prove the statement right?
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- Nov 2, 2015
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Proving the Fundamental Group of SO(2) is Z: How Can it Be Done Explicitly?

Good morning. I was wondering how do you prove explicitly that the fundamental group of SO(2) is Z?
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- Nov 2, 2015
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