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There are exactly two isomorphism classes of groups of order
Statement
Up to isomorphism, the groups of order are the cyclic group and the direct product , where the action of on is nontrivial. In particular, there are exactly two isomorphism classes. See Every group of order has normal Sylow - and -subgroups and is not simple.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The hypotheses and objects in the Statement.
Every group of order has normal Sylow - and -subgroups and is not simple. (Every group of order has normal Sylow - and -subgroups and is not simple).
Let be finite, let be prime, and write with . Then has a subgroup of order , hence a Sylow -subgroup (def-sylow-p-subgroup). (Sylow I: every finite group has a Sylow -subgroup).
If and , then is a subgroup and . Here . (If and , then is a subgroup and ).
Let be a finite group such that the positive integer is prime. Then every has order , satisfies , and hence generates . In particular, is cyclic. (A finite group of prime order is cyclic and every nonidentity element generates it).
Conjugation is an automorphism. For each , the map , , is an automorphism. (Conjugation is an automorphism).
The automorphisms of a group form a group under composition. (The automorphisms of a group form a group under composition).
The image of a group homomorphism is a subgroup and its kernel is a normal subgroup. For every group homomorphism , one has and . (The image of a group homomorphism is a subgroup and its kernel is a normal subgroup).
Euler's totient satisfies . If is prime (def-prime), then . (, and for every prime ).
Let be a finite group and . Then Consequently, under the canonical embedding , divides . (Lagrange's theorem: for every subgroup of a finite group ).
Let . The conditions hold if and only if both of the following hold: conjugation restricts to an action , and the resulting map is an isomorphism carrying the canonical factors onto and . ( Recognition theorem: with , exactly realises an external semidirect product).
The canonical factors of form an internal direct product if and only if for every . In that case is the external direct product . (The canonical semidirect decomposition is an internal direct product if and only if the defining action is trivial).
Let be primes. - If , every group of order is cyclic. - If , there are exactly two isomorphism classes of groups of order : the cyclic group and one nonabelian semidirect product . (Classification of groups of order for primes ).
If and have finite orders , then in the external direct product (If and have finite orders and , then in ).
If is cyclic, then exactly one of the following applies: - if has infinite order, ; - if has finite order , necessarily , then . (Every cyclic group is isomorphic to or to for its finite order ).
Proof
Let be the normal Sylow subgroups and let be Sylow of order . Since is normal, is a subgroup of order ; similarly and .
Conjugation gives a homomorphism . Its image order divides and , so the image is trivial.
Thus centralizes , and the internal product is .
The order- classification makes either or the unique nonabelian . In the first case, generators of and combine to an element of order , so .
The two resulting groups are distinguished by abelianness, and exhaustiveness of the order- classification leaves no third case. This proves the stated claim.
Depends on
- Every group of order $105$ has normal Sylow $5$- and $7$-subgroups and is not simple
- Sylow I: every finite group has a Sylow $p$-subgroup
- If $H\le G$ and $N\mathrel{\trianglelefteq}G$, then $HN$ is a subgroup and $H\cap N\mathrel{\trianglelefteq}H$
- A finite group of prime order is cyclic and every nonidentity element generates it
- Conjugation $x\mapsto gxg^{-1}$ is an automorphism
- The automorphisms of a group form a group under composition
- The image of a group homomorphism is a subgroup and its kernel is a normal subgroup
- $\operatorname{Aut}(C_n)\cong(\mathbb Z/n\mathbb Z)^\times$
- $\varphi(1)=1$, and $\varphi(p)=p-1$ for every prime $p$
- Lagrange's theorem: $|G|=[G:H]|H|$ for every subgroup $H$ of a finite group $G$
- Recognition theorem: $G=NH$ with $N\trianglelefteq G$, $N\cap H=1$ exactly realises an external semidirect product
- The canonical semidirect decomposition is an internal direct product if and only if the defining action is trivial
- Classification of groups of order $pq$ for primes $p<q$
- If $g$ and $h$ have finite orders $m$ and $n$, then $\iota(\operatorname{ord}(g,h))=\operatorname{lcm}(\iota(m),\iota(n))$ in $G\times H$
- Every cyclic group is isomorphic to $(\mathbb Z,+)$ or to $(\mathbb Z/n,+)$ for its finite order $n\ge1$
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Sources
- Keith Conrad, Consequences of the Sylow Theorems, Sections 1-5 (standard reference, not scraped)