Is there an example of a manifold with fundamental group $mathbb Z/3 mathbb Z$?












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I feel a little confused because I was told that there exist some manifolds with fundamental group $mathbb Z/3 mathbb Z$, but I can’t find an example, On the other hand, since any manifold $M$ has an orientable $2$-cover, which means $pi_1(M)$ has a subgroup of index $2$ which seems to be a contradiction with $pi_1(M)$ can be $mathbb Z/3 mathbb Z$.










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    What your covering argument shows is that the orientation cover of a manifold with fundamental group $mathbb{Z}/3mathbb{Z}$ must not be connected, as indeed happens for every orientable manifold.
    – Kevin Carlson
    Nov 30 '18 at 20:09






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    I would like to point out that any finitely presented group is the fundamental group of some manifolds (in a similar way that any group is the fundamental group of a 2-complex).
    – Paul Plummer
    Nov 30 '18 at 20:17
















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I feel a little confused because I was told that there exist some manifolds with fundamental group $mathbb Z/3 mathbb Z$, but I can’t find an example, On the other hand, since any manifold $M$ has an orientable $2$-cover, which means $pi_1(M)$ has a subgroup of index $2$ which seems to be a contradiction with $pi_1(M)$ can be $mathbb Z/3 mathbb Z$.










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  • 5




    What your covering argument shows is that the orientation cover of a manifold with fundamental group $mathbb{Z}/3mathbb{Z}$ must not be connected, as indeed happens for every orientable manifold.
    – Kevin Carlson
    Nov 30 '18 at 20:09






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    I would like to point out that any finitely presented group is the fundamental group of some manifolds (in a similar way that any group is the fundamental group of a 2-complex).
    – Paul Plummer
    Nov 30 '18 at 20:17














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I feel a little confused because I was told that there exist some manifolds with fundamental group $mathbb Z/3 mathbb Z$, but I can’t find an example, On the other hand, since any manifold $M$ has an orientable $2$-cover, which means $pi_1(M)$ has a subgroup of index $2$ which seems to be a contradiction with $pi_1(M)$ can be $mathbb Z/3 mathbb Z$.










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I feel a little confused because I was told that there exist some manifolds with fundamental group $mathbb Z/3 mathbb Z$, but I can’t find an example, On the other hand, since any manifold $M$ has an orientable $2$-cover, which means $pi_1(M)$ has a subgroup of index $2$ which seems to be a contradiction with $pi_1(M)$ can be $mathbb Z/3 mathbb Z$.







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    What your covering argument shows is that the orientation cover of a manifold with fundamental group $mathbb{Z}/3mathbb{Z}$ must not be connected, as indeed happens for every orientable manifold.
    – Kevin Carlson
    Nov 30 '18 at 20:09






  • 1




    I would like to point out that any finitely presented group is the fundamental group of some manifolds (in a similar way that any group is the fundamental group of a 2-complex).
    – Paul Plummer
    Nov 30 '18 at 20:17














  • 5




    What your covering argument shows is that the orientation cover of a manifold with fundamental group $mathbb{Z}/3mathbb{Z}$ must not be connected, as indeed happens for every orientable manifold.
    – Kevin Carlson
    Nov 30 '18 at 20:09






  • 1




    I would like to point out that any finitely presented group is the fundamental group of some manifolds (in a similar way that any group is the fundamental group of a 2-complex).
    – Paul Plummer
    Nov 30 '18 at 20:17








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What your covering argument shows is that the orientation cover of a manifold with fundamental group $mathbb{Z}/3mathbb{Z}$ must not be connected, as indeed happens for every orientable manifold.
– Kevin Carlson
Nov 30 '18 at 20:09




What your covering argument shows is that the orientation cover of a manifold with fundamental group $mathbb{Z}/3mathbb{Z}$ must not be connected, as indeed happens for every orientable manifold.
– Kevin Carlson
Nov 30 '18 at 20:09




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I would like to point out that any finitely presented group is the fundamental group of some manifolds (in a similar way that any group is the fundamental group of a 2-complex).
– Paul Plummer
Nov 30 '18 at 20:17




I would like to point out that any finitely presented group is the fundamental group of some manifolds (in a similar way that any group is the fundamental group of a 2-complex).
– Paul Plummer
Nov 30 '18 at 20:17










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There are infinitely many $3$-manifolds whose fundamental groups isomorphic to $mathbb Z / 3mathbb Z$.



Indeed, for $mathrm gcd(3,q)=1$, take any Lens space $L(3,q)$.






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    all $L(3,q)$ are diffeomorphic. there is only one closed 3-manifold with fundamental group $Bbb Z/3$ up to diffeomorphism, and two up to oriented diffeomorphism.
    – Mike Miller
    Nov 30 '18 at 21:00













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There are infinitely many $3$-manifolds whose fundamental groups isomorphic to $mathbb Z / 3mathbb Z$.



Indeed, for $mathrm gcd(3,q)=1$, take any Lens space $L(3,q)$.






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    all $L(3,q)$ are diffeomorphic. there is only one closed 3-manifold with fundamental group $Bbb Z/3$ up to diffeomorphism, and two up to oriented diffeomorphism.
    – Mike Miller
    Nov 30 '18 at 21:00


















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There are infinitely many $3$-manifolds whose fundamental groups isomorphic to $mathbb Z / 3mathbb Z$.



Indeed, for $mathrm gcd(3,q)=1$, take any Lens space $L(3,q)$.






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  • 6




    all $L(3,q)$ are diffeomorphic. there is only one closed 3-manifold with fundamental group $Bbb Z/3$ up to diffeomorphism, and two up to oriented diffeomorphism.
    – Mike Miller
    Nov 30 '18 at 21:00
















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There are infinitely many $3$-manifolds whose fundamental groups isomorphic to $mathbb Z / 3mathbb Z$.



Indeed, for $mathrm gcd(3,q)=1$, take any Lens space $L(3,q)$.






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There are infinitely many $3$-manifolds whose fundamental groups isomorphic to $mathbb Z / 3mathbb Z$.



Indeed, for $mathrm gcd(3,q)=1$, take any Lens space $L(3,q)$.







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    all $L(3,q)$ are diffeomorphic. there is only one closed 3-manifold with fundamental group $Bbb Z/3$ up to diffeomorphism, and two up to oriented diffeomorphism.
    – Mike Miller
    Nov 30 '18 at 21:00
















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    all $L(3,q)$ are diffeomorphic. there is only one closed 3-manifold with fundamental group $Bbb Z/3$ up to diffeomorphism, and two up to oriented diffeomorphism.
    – Mike Miller
    Nov 30 '18 at 21:00










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all $L(3,q)$ are diffeomorphic. there is only one closed 3-manifold with fundamental group $Bbb Z/3$ up to diffeomorphism, and two up to oriented diffeomorphism.
– Mike Miller
Nov 30 '18 at 21:00






all $L(3,q)$ are diffeomorphic. there is only one closed 3-manifold with fundamental group $Bbb Z/3$ up to diffeomorphism, and two up to oriented diffeomorphism.
– Mike Miller
Nov 30 '18 at 21:00




















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