On the homotopy groups of one point union with a bouquet of circles

On the homotopy groups of one point union with a bouquet of circles
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 71 (1978), 321-324 Request permission

This note points out some properties of the higher homotopy groups of $X \vee K(\pi ,1)$ as modules over $\pi$.

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