Hatcher-Algebraic-Topology · Problem 1.A.8

The Fundamental Group

Mathematics — Graph Theory · graphs-and-free-groups

Problem

Show that a finitely generated group has only a finite number of subgroups of a given finite index. [First do the case of free groups, using covering spaces of graphs. The general case then follows since every group is a quotient group of a free group.]

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