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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 iii Paper 104 5 d Solution by
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For and , defineThe normal form theorem for a free product giveswhere map to . To see injectivity, expand an alternating word in and powers of . The conjugating factors commute with the lattice syllables, so each intervening nonidentity lattice syllable stays nonidentity in the expanded free-product normal form.
Its intersection with is the free group with basisThis follows by moving all factors to the right; the zero-exponent lattice remainder characterizes membership in the kernel.
The required isomorphisms are specified on the three generators byandEach source and target has the same presentation , and each displayed assignment identifies its three abstract generators. Hence these are genuine isomorphisms, not merely maps of generating sets.
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