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Can you help me to compute the fundamental group of $\mathbb{R}^3\setminus X$, where $X = \mathbb{S}^1\cup \{(0,0,z)\in\mathbb{R}^3\mid z\in\mathbb{R}\}\ ?$

I'm sorry if I repeated the question and I'm sorry if the question it's not well written and ... thanks in advance ! I'd say that the fundamental group is isomorphic to $F_2$, but I'm not even sure if the intuition is right or not.

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    With$S^1$i mean {x^2+y^2=1 ; z=0} as a subset of R^3. Sorry for the notation, and thanks for the advice on Hatcher.Im not taking Algebraic Topology classes, so im sorry if i bother someone with this "easy" question. Thanks again.2012-06-23

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Thanks to S.V.K., you can add a point at infinity to obtain $S^3 - X$ where X are your now linked circles without changing the fundamental group. Then in a way similar to deformation retracting $\mathbb{R}^3 - S^1$ to obtain $S^2 \vee S^1$, you can deformation retract your new space to obtain $S^2 \vee T^2$, so that again by S.V.K. the fundamental group becomes $\mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{Z}$.