Corollary 26.4:

Suppose that $ U$, $ V$ are open path-connected subsets of a topological space such that $ U\cap V$ is simply connected then

$\displaystyle \pi_1(U\cap V, x_0) = \pi_1(U, x_0)*\pi_1(V, x_0).
$



nisha 2012-03-20