Simultaneous antipodal quotient of two spheres

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For positive , quotient by . This is a free double covering space action. Its closed manifold quotient is orientable exactly when is even, because the product mapping degree is . If , the product is simply connected and the quotient has fundamental group . For , the quotient has integral cohomology groups in degrees , in degrees , and zero elsewhere. Every positive-degree cup product is zero. These conclusions follow from Poincare duality, the Euler characteristic under a finite covering, and the universal coefficient theorem for cohomology.

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