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ID: past-exam-of-the-building-infinite-groups-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2011/3/c/solution
Past exam of the building infinite groups course of the University of Oxford 2011 3 c Solution by
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Let be the subgroup of generated by all its elements of order . The top group is generated by 3-cycles, also when , so .
Take . For any , the conjugate has order , as does . Thus their product belongs to and equalsUsing instead supplies . Since distinct coordinate groups commute,The hypothesis that is perfect says that products of its commutators generate , so . Transitivity of now gives for every coordinate. Hence and , provingThe proof does not require itself to be finitely generated, nor does it require to be perfect for .
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