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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 ib Paper 2 2E iii Solution by
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Change the generators to , and . This is an invertible integer change of generators, since , , . The relations become and , with no relation involving . ConsequentlyThis is already the invariant-factor order required by the structure theorem for finitely generated modules over a principal ideal domain, because . The inverse change of generators shows that there are no hidden extra relations.
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