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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 ia Paper 3 7D a Solution by
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Lagrange's theorem says that, for a finite group and subgroup ,Here is the number of left cosets. Every lies in . If and meet, write ; then , so . Hence the left cosets partition . The bijection makes each coset have elements. Adding their cardinalities proves Lagrange's theorem.
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