local homeomorphism

In topology, a local homeomorphism is a map from one topological space to another that respects locally the topological structure of the two spaces. More precisely, a continuous map f : X → Y is a local homeomorphism if for every point x of X there exists an open neighbourhood U of x such that f(U) is open in Y and f|U : U → f(U) is a homeomorphism.
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