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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 ia Paper 3 6D Solution by
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A group homomorphism satisfies for every . Its kernel of a group homomorphism is . The homomorphism equation gives by cancellation, and . Therefore contains the identity and is closed under multiplication and inverses, so it is a subgroup.
For and ,Thus conjugation carries into itself, and applying the inverse conjugation gives equality: is a normal subgroup. If , conjugation cannot send to the identity because it is injective. ConsequentlyThis proves directly the normal subgroup of order two is central principle for kernels, including the kernel facts needed below.
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