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Is there an example of a non-orientable group manifold?

Basically what I'm looking for is a topological group that is also a non-orientable, n-dimensional manifold
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Could a surface bundle over a circle have free fundamental group?

Specifically, I was wondering if the surface was non-compact with infinitely generated free fundamental group, could the surface bundle itself have infinitely generated free fundamental group. In this ...
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Multiple Dehn twists and minimal position

I have a question about a proof that I am reading in "A primer on Mapping Class Groups" by Farb and Margalit. Let $a$ be a simple closed curve in a compact surface $S$ (possibly with marked points ...
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Fundamental Domain of Manifold Reference Request

I am interested in learning about the fundamental domain of a manifold and I am wondering if anyone know of any papers or descriptions online other than Wikipedia and the linked articles? I am looking ...
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Putting Geometries on Knot Complements

I have two different, but related, questions about the type of geometry one can get on a knot complement. Quickly some notation: $K$ will be a non-trivial smooth knot - living in $S^3$ - and $M$ will ...