A List of Methods For Calculating Homotopy Groups
- The long exact sequence of homotopy groups of a fibration.
- Hurewicz theorem, which has several versions.
- Blakers–Massey theorem, also known as excision for homotopy groups.
- Freudenthal suspension theorem, a corollary of excision for homotopy groups.
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