Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2019/ia/paper-3/5d/i/solution

Suppose first that and are normal subgroups. For and , the commutator
lies in , because , and in , because . Since , , so and commute.
Conversely, suppose every element of commutes with every element of . Write an arbitrary as . For ,
so . The symmetric calculation proves .

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