Motivation
Given a manifold M, one takes (the fundamental group), and then sends an element of to if and only if the class it represents is orientation-reversing.
This map is trivial if and only if M is orientable.
The orientation character is an algebraic structure on the fundamental group of a manifold, which captures which loops are orientation reversing and which are orientation preserving.
Read more about this topic: Orientation Character
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