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Alex

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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 11:21 am    Post subject: An algebra problem

[tex]Just to stimulate discussion:

Let be a finite group and be its subset that contains . If the cosets , partition , prove that is a subgroup of .

Siutsz

Frequent VisitorJoined: 25 Dec 2003Posts: 31

Location: HK

Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 12:20 pm    Post subject:

The cosets partition
so , or .

,

and , so
so
then
so
therefore is a subgroup.

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