Connected Sums

The projective plane with two handles can be formed as the connected sum of a projective plane with two tori, M = P\+T\+T.

But P\+T\cong P\+K, where K is a Klein bottle, so M=P\+K\+T.

We want to make a connected sum of a projective plane and a Klein bottle with a handle.

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