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What is the fewest number of points you must delete from $\mathbb{R}^3$ to make it not simpl...

The simply connected deletion number equals the continuum. This follows from the fact that for any dense subset $A$ in the real line the subset $A_3=(A\times \mathbb R\times \mathbb R)\cup (\mathbb R\ …
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Must an inverse limit of simply connected groups be simply connected?

It seems that the inverse limit of simply connected Lie groups is simply connected. The argument uses the well-known fact that the second homotopy group of any Lie group is trivial (see e.g. Homotopy …
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