Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2004/iii/paper-4/2/ii/solution

Let and let be an open neighbourhood of . Continuity of supplies neighbourhoods of and of with . Choose and . Then , so . The subgroup criterion using proves the closure of a subgroup is a subgroup. The neighbourhood argument avoids assuming the topology is determined by sequences.

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