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- From: ruberman@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
- Subject: Re: A Question About Fundamental Group
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 20:20:07 GMT
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- In article <amirishs.722059588@acf9>, amirishs@acf9.nyu.edu (shaahin amiri sharifi) writes:
- >Consider a bunch of infinitely many (countable) circles with a
- >point in common. The radii of these circles make a sequence like
- >{1/n}. What is the fundamental group of this space? Any comments
- >or referenc would be so helpful!
-
- You have to be a little careful about what topology you're using on this
- space. I assume, from your description, that you're talking about
- this set as lying in a plane, with the subspace topology. Then the
- fundamental group has been computed; there is a paper (within the last
- few years) by John Morgan, although I don't remember the precise reference.
- (There was apparently an earlier, incorrect computation by someone else).
- In any event, the fundamental group is not a free group, as would be the
- case for a finite union of circles, or the infinite union topologized
- eg as a CW complex.
-