The real projective spaces $ \mathbb{R}P^n$:

The projective space $ \mathbb{R}P^n$ is the identification space obtained from the sphere $ S^n$ by the equivalence relation $ \sim$ given by

$\displaystyle {\bf x} \sim {\bf y}$    if and only if $\displaystyle {\bf x} = -{\bf y},\quad {\bf x}, {\bf y} \in S^n. \eqno(4.2)
$

That is to say, each pair of antipodal points are identified.

nisha 2012-03-20