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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 iii Paper 104 6 a 1 Solution by
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If in , its image is the identity in the output group, so . The equations then give and for every , hence . Therefore , and the relation gives . Since the normal closure of is , every is . The remaining identifications make every equal to as well. All output generators vanish, provingThis proves collapse even when the original group itself is nontrivial.
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