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  "body": "\n## Summary\n\nThe wedge sum of a family of [[pointed spaces|T9DG8DDE75]] is their disjoint union with all base points glued to one point.\nIt is the coproduct in the category of pointed spaces.\nWedges of circles and of spheres are the basic building blocks of CW complexes and appear throughout homotopy theory.\n\n## Explanations\n\n### L1 human\n\nTake several spaces, each with a marked point, and glue them together at the marked points only.\nThe result looks like a bouquet of flowers tied at one spot.\nFor example, the wedge of two circles is the figure eight.\nIts fundamental group is the free group on two generators.\n",
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