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A van Kampen theorem for unions of non-connected spaces

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  1. Ronald Brown

    Present address: Department of Pure Mathematics, University College of North Wales, LL57 2UW, Bangor, Gwynedd, UK

  2. Abdul Razak Salleh

    Present address: Department of Mathematics Centre of Quantitative Studies, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi Selangor W. Malaysia

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    This paper was written while the second author was on sabbatical leave at Bangor in 1982/83 with support from the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

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    Brown, R., Salleh, A.R. A van Kampen theorem for unions of non-connected spaces. Arch. Math 42, 85–88 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01198133

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