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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ia Paper 3 6D Solution by
Codex 0 Created 2026-09-23 Updated 2026-09-25
Define . If representatives are changed to , normality moves past and leaves the product in , so multiplication is well-defined.
Let be the set of finite products of commutators. It is closed under products, and , so it is a subgroup. Moreoverso conjugation preserves products of commutators and . In , one has because , hence the quotient is abelian. Conversely, if is abelian, every commutator maps to the identity, so . This is the universal property of the commutator subgroup.
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