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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2021 Prelims Mathematics I 6 b iii Solution by
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If , choose ordinary addition on , giving the additive group of integers. Every power function is the unique identity function on the singleton , so the group action axioms hold:Thus ordinary addition supplies the required group operation on . Together with ii, existence is equivalent to being the trivial group.
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