The Griffiths double cone group is isomorphic to the triple

Abstract

It is shown that the fundamental group of the Griffiths double cone space is isomorphic to that of the triple cone. More generally if κ is a cardinal such that 2 ≤ κ ≤ 2 ℵ 0 then the κ-fold cone has the same fundamental group as the double cone. The isomorphisms produced are non-constructive, and no isomorphism between the fundamental group of the 2-and of the κ-fold cones, with 2 < κ, can be realized via continuous mappings. We also prove a conjecture of James W. Cannon and Gregory R. Conner which states that the fundamental group of the Griffiths double cone space is isomorphic to that of the harmonic archipelago.The bounds on κ in the statement of Theorem A are the best possible. The spaces GS 0 and GS 1 both strongly deformation retract to a point and therefore have trivial