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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2021 Prelims Mathematics I 6 a iii Solution by
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Let the finite set contain distinct left cosets. By i, they form a disjoint partition of a set , and by ii each has elements. If is also finite, counting this finite disjoint set union givesThus is a finite group. This is the counting argument behind Lagrange's theorem.
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