Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2021/prelims/mathematics-i/7/c/ii/solution

For a nonabelian group, iv and iii imply . Substituting into i yields
The constant is sharp: the quaternion group has eight elements and the five conjugacy classes , , , , . To verify this directly, are central elements, conjugation by sends to , and similarly for ; its relations and , , show that conjugating by any of changes only its sign. Hence .

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