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- From: jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez)
- Subject: Re: A Question About Fundamental Group
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 00:27:27 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!
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- This space is called the Hawaiian earring space. I don't recall any
- references to it - perhaps in the book Counterexamples in Topology?
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