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Integral homology of a circle times a real projective plane (H0​=Z, H1​=Z⊕Z/2, H2​=Z/2)

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Cover the circle by two arcs whose intersection has two components and take the product with the projective plane. The Mayer–Vietoris sequence has maps (a,b)↦(a+b,−a−b) on the two copies of the homology of the plane. Its kernels and cokernels, together with H1​(RP2;Z)=Z/2, give the displayed groups; all higher groups vanish. The product is a closed nonorientable three-manifold, but is homotopy equivalent to a noncompact oriented four-manifold.

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