Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2008/ia/paper-3/5e/i/solution

Assume is a normal subgroup. Take the quotient group and the natural projection . The well-defined multiplication constructed above gives , so this is a group homomorphism. Its identity is the coset , and exactly when . Therefore
which proves the implication from normality to being the kernel of a group homomorphism.

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