Exercise 7.9. Let G = Q be the group of rational number with addition. Consider two rational numbers a, b. Show that (a, b) is a cyclic group. (Hint: Show it is contained in a cyclic group.) Deduce that if Q had a finite set of generators, then Q would be cyclic. (We will later see that this is not true.)

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