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Simply connected slices

Assume $\Omega$ is an open set in $\mathbb R^3$ such that the intersection of $\Omega$ with any horizontal plane is simply connected. Can you prove that $\Omega$ is simply connected? (Note that ...
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Example similar to the Griffiths twin cone but with fundamental group that allows surjection onto $\mathbb Z$

The Griffiths twin cone is an example of a wedge sum of two contractible spaces being non-contractible. Namely, it is the wedge sum $\mathbb G=C\mathbb H\vee_p C\mathbb H$ of two coni over the ...
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