Holonomy groups of closed orientable flat three-manifolds ($1,C_2,C_3,C_4,C_6,C_2\times C_2$)

These are precisely the faithful linear holonomy groups of closed orientable Euclidean three-manifolds. Cyclic cases arise from planar lattice rotations combined with axial screw translations. The noncyclic case is generated by two perpendicular half-turn screws. The list refers to the maximal translation lattice, not to arbitrary finite quotients of a fundamental group.

The closed orientable flat Riemannian manifold with holonomy $C_2\times C_2$ can be presented by Euclidean screws $\alpha (x,y,z)=(x+1/2,-y,-z)$ and $\beta (x,y,z)=(-x,y+1/2,-z+1/2)$. Their squares and the square of their product generate the unit translation lattice. Each nonidentity holonomy coset has a half-integer displacement along its fixed axis, so acts freely. The holonomy has no common fixed vector, giving first Betti number zero and a finite isometry group for every flat metric.

The mapping torus of an order-six rotation of a hexagonal flat torus is a closed orientable flat Riemannian manifold with holonomy $C_6$. The screw rotation has angle $\pi /3$ and axial displacement $1/6$. Its first Betti number is one.

The mapping torus of an order-three rotation of a hexagonal flat torus is a closed orientable flat Riemannian manifold with holonomy $C_3$. A screw rotation through $2\pi /3$ with axial displacement $1/3$, together with the planar lattice, describes its deck group. Its first Betti number is one.

This closed flat Riemannian manifold is the mapping torus of $-I$ on a two-dimensional flat torus. Equivalently, take planar lattice translations and the screw $(v,z)\mapsto (-v,z+1/2)$ in Euclidean three-space. Its square is a unit axial translation, its holonomy is $C_2$, and its first Betti number is one.