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Yes: use the non-abelian group H from part (a). Every element is I3​+N for a strictly upper triangular matrix N with N3=0. In the finite field Z3​, the binomial theorem for commuting matrices gives
(I3​+N)3=I3​+3N+3N2+N3=I3​.
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Thus T(h)=I3​ for all h∈H​. This constant identity-valued map is a group homomorphism, since T(xy)=I3​=T(x)T(y). Part (a)(iv) already proves that H is not an abelian group. Here T is neither injective nor surjective, consistently with the preceding part.

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