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A finite group of prime order is cyclic and every nonidentity element generates it

Statement

Let GG be a finite group such that the positive integer ι(G)\iota(|G|) is prime. Then every geg\ne e has order G|G|, satisfies g=G\langle g\rangle=G, and hence generates GG. In particular, GG is cyclic.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A finite group GG with identity ee, with ι(G)\iota(|G|) prime, and an element gGg\in G with geg\ne e.

[F1]

A prime integer pp satisfies p>1p>1, and every positive divisor of pp is 11 or pp (Prime and composite integers: pp is prime when p>1p > 1 and its only positive divisors are 11 and pp).

[L1]

The natural ord(g)\operatorname{ord}(g) is positive, equals 11 exactly when g=eg=e, and its image in Z\mathbb Z divides ι(G)\iota(|G|); the embedding ι:NZ\iota:\mathbb N\to\mathbb Z is injective and preserves order (The order G|G| of a finite group and the order ord(g)\operatorname{ord}(g) of an element, with ord(g)=\operatorname{ord}(g) = \infty when no positive power of gg is the identity, The order of every element of a finite group divides the order of the group, The naturals embed in the integers).

[F2]

If a finite set GG contains ee and G1|G|\ne1, then some element of GG differs from ee: otherwise G={e}G=\{e\}, whose cardinality is 11 (The cardinality A\lvert A\rvert of a finite set).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

The positive integer ι(ord(g))\iota(\operatorname{ord}(g)) divides the prime ι(G)\iota(|G|), so it is 11 or ι(G)\iota(|G|). It is not 11 because geg\ne e, hence ord(g)=G\operatorname{ord}(g)=|G| by injectivity of ι\iota.

givenF1L1
2.1

The subgroup gG\langle g\rangle\subseteq G has cardinality ord(g)=G\operatorname{ord}(g)=|G|, so g=G\langle g\rangle=G.

step 1.1L2L3
3.1

Thus every nonidentity element generates GG. Since ι(G)>1=ι(1)\iota(|G|)>1=\iota(1) by [F1], these two integers differ; injectivity in [L1] gives G1|G|\ne1, and [F2] supplies a nonidentity element. Consequently GG is cyclic.

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