If is coprime to every , the power-map criterion for a finite group says that every finite-quotient power map is bijective. Part ii gives surjectivity of . If , then for every by injectivity in , and hence . Thus the continuous power map is bijective.
If , choose with by the Bezout identity. The Lagrange theorem gives for every , so and . Thus is bijective, even though it need not be a homomorphism.
Conversely, if a prime divides both and , the Cauchy theorem for groups gives with . Then , so the power map sends both and the identity to the identity and is not injective. This proves the power-map criterion for a finite group.