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A Sylow -subgroup is normal if and only if it is unique
Statement
A Sylow -subgroup of a finite group is normal if and only if it is the unique Sylow -subgroup. See Sylow II: in a finite group every -subgroup lies in a conjugate of any Sylow -subgroup, and the Sylow -subgroups form a single conjugacy class.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The hypotheses and objects in the Statement.
Let be finite, let be a Sylow -subgroup, and let be a -subgroup. There is with . In particular, for every Sylow -subgroup there is with , so the Sylow -subgroups form one conjugacy class. (Sylow II: in a finite group every -subgroup lies in a conjugate of any Sylow -subgroup, and the Sylow -subgroups form a single conjugacy class).
For a finite group and a prime , let be the set of Sylow -subgroups (def-sylow-p-subgroup). Define This cardinal is defined even before existence is proved because is a subset of the finite power set of ; thm-sylow-first-theorem later shows it is nonzero. (The number of Sylow -subgroups).
Let be a group and let be a subgroup (def-subgroup). For , write The subgroup is normal in when In that case write . Equivalently, every inner conjugation of maps onto itself. The connection with equality of the left and right cosets of def-coset is proved in thm-normal-subgroup-characterisations. (Normal subgroup: invariance under conjugation).
Proof
A normal Sylow subgroup is fixed by every conjugation, and Sylow II says every Sylow subgroup is one of its conjugates.
Conversely, uniqueness makes the subgroup conjugation-invariant. This proves the stated claim.
Depends on
Used by
- A normal Sylow subgroup of a normal subgroup is normal in the whole group Corollary
- A₄ is not nilpotent Example
- Sylow data for finite groups of order at most 15 Example
- Sylow subgroups of Aff(ℤ/5): n₂=5 and n₅=1 Example
- The finite Heisenberg group is the unique Sylow p-subgroup of its coordinate upper-triangular group Example
- The unique Sylow p-subgroup of Aff(ℤ/p²) Example
- False statement: one unique Sylow subgroup forces the whole group to be a direct product False statement
- Every group of order 105 has normal Sylow 5- and 7-subgroups and is not simple Theorem
- Every group of order 45 is abelian Theorem
- Every group of order p²q for distinct primes has a normal Sylow subgroup Theorem
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Sources
- Keith Conrad, Consequences of the Sylow Theorems, Sections 1-5 (standard reference, not scraped)