1.II.21H

Algebraic Topology
Part II, 2007

(i) Compute the fundamental group of the Klein bottle. Show that this group is not abelian, for example by defining a suitable homomorphism to the symmetric group S3S_{3}.

(ii) Let XX be the closed orientable surface of genus 2 . How many (connected) double coverings does XX have? Show that the fundamental group of XX admits a homomorphism onto the free group on 2 generators.