Why is there no compact manifold without boundary with the following
homology groups?
I've been studying homology groups, and this question is stumping me:
Prove there can be no compact manifold $X$ without boundary whose homology
groups are $$H_i(X) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \mathbb{Z} & i = 0 \\
\mathbb{Z}_3 & i=1 \\ 0 & i = 2 \\ \mathbb{Z}_2 & i=3 \\ 0 & i\geq 4
\end{array} \right.$$
I tried creating a chain complex in order to look at differential maps,
and $H_2(X) = 0$ helps gives injectivity to one of the maps, but I'm not
seeing how to prove no such manifold can exist.
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