I know that $$\mathbb{R}^n\mathbb{P}\cong \mathbb{S}^n/{\pm 1}$$ Is there another equivalence relation apart from treating antipodal points as the same which we can quotient out from $\mathbb{S}^n$ to get another interesting space?
2026-03-26 01:02:39.1774486959
Real projective space and $n$-sphere
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You can get lens spaces by quotienting out by actions of cyclic groups on odd-dimensional spheres (I never know if the term "lens space" is reserved for $S^3$ or if other odd-dimensional spheres count too)
Note that the antipodal action is the only nontrivial free action on even-dimensional spheres