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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 133 2 d Solution by
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Use the amalgam from part (c), with edge groupAn odd power of belongs to , because is the index-two translation subgroup of the Klein bottle group . Similarly, an odd power of belongs to . Thusis a reduced alternating word whose syllables lie in and . The normal form theorem for an amalgamated free product says that every nonempty reduced alternating word is nonidentity. The displayed element is therefore nontrivial for every .
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