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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 ia Paper 3 7D Solution by
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For , finite fixed points obeywith the point at infinity included in the usual way when appropriate. The fundamental theorem of algebra on the Riemann sphere gives at least one fixed point. Unless is the identity, the equation is nonzero of degree at most two, so there are one or two distinct fixed points.
Let be a primitive th root of unity. For every ,has order , and these transformations are distinct as varies.
The converse as stated is false because matrix representatives may be rescaled: and define the same Möbius transformation, while neither nor is conjugate to (their traces differ).
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