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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2023 Prelims Mathematics I 5 b v Solution by
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Yes: use the non-abelian group from part (a). Every element is for a strictly upper triangular matrix with . In the finite field , the binomial theorem for commuting matrices givesThus . This constant identity-valued map is a group homomorphism, since . Part (a)(iv) already proves that is not an abelian group. Here is neither injective nor surjective, consistently with the preceding part.
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