Are SU(2) and SO(3) Groups Really Isomorphic?

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I have not seen why SU(2) and SO(3) groups are isomorphic?
 
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Their Lie algebras are isomorphic, and they are locally isomorphic...but D H is right - they aren't isomorphic!
 

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