Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2025/ib/paper-1/9e/a/solution

Let . The coset action gives a nontrivial homomorphism whose kernel is normal. Simplicity makes it injective. The sign map is trivial on the nonabelian simple image, so embeds in . For , is solvable, as are its subgroups, whereas a nonabelian simple group is not. Hence .

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