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The affine group AGL(1,p) has one kernel-conjugacy class of complements to its translation subgroup
Example
Let be prime. In the affine group
all complements to the translation subgroup are conjugate by translations.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: A prime and the semidirect product .
First cohomology classifies complements up to kernel conjugacy (First cohomology classifies complements up to kernel conjugacy).
The two operations on make it a field (For every prime , the two operations on make it a field).
The multiplicative group is cyclic, and crossed homomorphisms from a cyclic group are determined by the value on a generator (The multiplicative group of a finite field is cyclic, Crossed homomorphisms from a cyclic group are determined by the value on a generator).
First cohomology is the quotient of crossed homomorphisms by principal crossed homomorphisms (First cohomology via crossed homomorphisms).
Verification
If , then is trivial, so the only crossed homomorphism is the zero map. Hence by [L4].
Suppose . By [L2] and [L3], choose a generator of the cyclic group . Any crossed homomorphism is determined by , so it suffices to show that is always principal.
Because , the generator is not , so in the field . By [L2] it is therefore invertible. Choose with . Then the principal cocycle agrees with on the generator , hence everywhere by [L3]. Thus every crossed homomorphism is principal, and [L4] gives .
Steps 1.1 and 2.1 show that for every prime . Now [L1] shows that there is exactly one -conjugacy class of complements to the translation subgroup in .
Depends on
- First cohomology via crossed homomorphisms
- First cohomology classifies complements up to kernel conjugacy
- For every prime $p$, the two operations on $\mathbb{Z}/p$ make it a field
- The multiplicative group $\mathbb F_q^\times$ of a finite field is cyclic
- Crossed homomorphisms from a cyclic group are determined by the value on a generator
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Sources
- David A. Craven, Finite Group Theory (standard reference, not scraped)