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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 ib Paper 1 9E a Solution by
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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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