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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ia Paper 3 2D ii Solution by
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Choose an angle with . Rotation through that angle has infinite order, so the subgroup it generates is isomorphic to .
The group also contains a copy of . Choose real numbers such that are linearly independent over , for example and . DefineThis is a homomorphism. If , then , and the stated rational independence forces . Thus is injective and its image is isomorphic to .
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