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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2009 iii Paper 5 1 ii Solution by
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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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