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Homework Statement
N is a normal subgroup of G if aNa^-1 is a subset of N for all elements a contained in G. Prove that in that case aNa^-1 = N.
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The Attempt at a Solution
Given: N is a normal subgroup of G if aNa^-1 is a subset of N for all elements a contained in G. Assume, aNa^-1 = {ana^-1|element n in N}.
By definition of a normal subgroup, aN is a subgroup of Na for all elements a in G. Then aNa^-1 is a subgroup of Naa^-1 and is = N. And a^-1Na is a subgroup of aNa^-1 and is = N for all elements a in G, when Na= a(a^-1N)a is a subgroup of a(Na^-1)a = aN.
Is this approach correct?