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A classifying space $BG$ of a topological group $G$ is the quotient of a weakly contractible space $EG$ by a free action of $G$. When $G$ is a discrete group $BG$ has homotopy type of $K(G,1)$ and (co)homology groups of $BG$ coincide with group cohomology of $G$.

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