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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2021 Prelims Mathematics I 5 a iii Solution by
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For each , left translation in a group is a bijection, with inverse function . Thus belongs to . For , associativity of the group operation givesHence is a group homomorphism. If , evaluation at the identity element gives . ThereforeThis is the left regular representation used in Cayley's theorem.
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