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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2009 iii Paper 4 1 i Solution by
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Use the defining property of the Frobenius complement: whenever . The induced character formula, extended linearly to any class function, isFor , a summand requires . The Frobenius intersection property forces . All remaining terms equal since is a class function on , so . At the identity,Together these giveThe zero identity value is essential: at nonidentity elements the intersection argument already gives the equality, whereas induction multiplies the identity value by the subgroup index.
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