Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2009/iii/paper-5/1/ii/solution

The cosets of an open subgroup form an open cover of the compact space . A finite subcover exists. Since distinct cosets are disjoint, that subcover must contain every coset. Thus is finite. Neither normality nor Hausdorffness is needed for this argument.

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