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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2004 iii Paper 16 3 b Solution by
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This sequence does occur, for the oriented connected sumThe Künneth theorem gives one copy of in dimensions for each factor product and zero in dimension two. Removing a disc from each summand and gluing their boundary three-spheres, the Mayer–Vietoris sequence makes the homology in dimensions one through three the direct sum of that of the two summands. The two orientations join to one top fundamental class, so , , and .
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