On semilocally simply connected spaces (Q624405)

By the statement which immediately precedes Corollary 2.5.14 in \textit{E. H. Spanier}'s book ``Algebraic Topology'' (1995; Zbl 0810.55001) the authors understand the following assertion: \(\clubsuit\) A based space \((X,x_0)\) is semilocally 1-connected if and only if there exists an open covering \(\mathfrak U\) of \(X\) such that \(\pi(\mathfrak U, x_0)=0\). The group \(\pi(\mathfrak U,x_0)\) is a subgroup of the fundamental group of \((X,x_0)\) and is called the Spanier group of the covering. It turns out that this assertion is only true for locally path connected spaces. The authors construct an example of a space which is not locally path connected for which \(\clubsuit\) is not true. In addition the authors 1) introduce a modification of the Spanier group so that \(\clubsuit\) holds (for all spaces) with this modified Spanier group and 2) They introduce a modification of the notion of semi locally 1-connectedness, such that with this concept \(\clubsuit\) holds for all spaces.