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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 ia Paper 3 1D i Solution by
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Suppose every group commutator belongs to . For and , the particular group commutator belongs to . Multiplying on the left by gives . Thus for every ; applying the same inclusion to gives the reverse inclusion. Therefore is a normal subgroup.
We can now form the quotient group. Its group commutators areA group commutator is the identity element exactly when the two elements commute. Hence is an abelian group. Equivalently, the hypothesis says that contains the commutator subgroup, so the quotient factors through the abelianization.
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