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What is the fundamental group of the complement of the closed disk in $\mathbb R^{3}$ ?

i.e $X = \{(x,y,z)\in \mathbb R^{3} \ | \ z=0, \ x^{2}+y^{2} \leq 1\}$

what is $\pi_{1}(\mathbb R^{3}-X)$ ?

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    Think too about the fact that , unlike the case of $R^2$, a curve has enough space in $R^3-D$ to avoid the potential hole of D, and contract to a point.2011-07-13

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This question has been answered in comments. The space is homotopy equivalent to $S^2$, so the fundamental group is trivial.