3.II
Part IA, 2008
For a normal subgroup of a group , explain carefully how to make the set of (left) cosets of into a group.
For a subgroup of a group , show that the following are equivalent:
(i) is a normal subgroup of ;
(ii) there exist a group and a homomorphism such that is the kernel of .
Let be a finite group that has a proper subgroup of index (in other words, . Show that if ! then cannot be simple. [Hint: Let act on the set of left cosets of by left multiplication.]