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Burnside normal p complement theorem

Statement

Let G be a finite group, p a prime and P∈Syl⁡p(G). If P≤Z(NG(P)), that is, if every element of P commutes with every element of the normalizer NG(P) (The center Z(G) of a group, The normalizer NG(H)={g∈G:gHg−1=H} of a subgroup), then G has a normal p-complement.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: A finite group G, a prime p, a Sylow p-subgroup P≤G with P≤Z(NG(P)).

[F1]

Write ∣G∣=pam with p∤m; then ∣P∣=pa and the index n:=[G:P]=m is prime to p (Sylow p-subgroups of a finite group, Sylow I: every finite group has a Sylow p-subgroup, Lagrange's theorem: ∣G∣=[G:H]∣H∣ for every subgroup H of a finite group G).

[F2]

As P≤Z(NG(P)) and P≤NG(P), every two elements of P commute: P is abelian (The center Z(G) of a group, The normalizer NG(H)={g∈G:gHg−1=H} of a subgroup).

[F3]

The transfer V=Vφ of the homomorphism φ=id⁡P:P→P is a homomorphism G→P, explicitly V(x)=∏α∈P\Gφ(tαxtαx−1) for any transversal, and it agrees with the cycle formula V(x)=∏iφ(tixniti−1) where ni are the orbit sizes of ⟨x⟩ acting on P\G (Transfer homomorphism for a finite index subgroup, Transfer is a homomorphism, Transfer cycle decomposition formula, Transfer is independent of the transversal).

[F4]

The orbits of the action of ⟨x⟩ on the finite set P\G partition it, so their sizes n1,…,nr satisfy n1+⋯+nr=[G:P]=n (The orbits of a group action are the equivalence classes of x∼y iff y=g⋅x for some g, and hence partition the acted-on set, Left group actions, transitive actions, and faithful actions).

[F5]

If P is abelian and u,v∈P are conjugate in G, then they are conjugate in NG(P) (Abelian sylow fusion in its normalizer).

[F7]

If a finite group has a Sylow p-subgroup Q and an epimorphism θ:G→Q, then it has a normal p-complement (Equivalent forms of having a normal p complement).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

By [F2] the group P is abelian, so the identity map φ:P→P is a homomorphism into an abelian group and the transfer V:G→P of [F3] is defined; fix a transversal and let ni be the orbit sizes of ⟨x⟩ on P\G.

F2F3
1.2

For x∈P, the cycle formula of [F3] gives V(x)=∏iφ(tixniti−1)=∏itixniti−1, each factor lying in P; also xni∈P and ∑ini=n by [F4].

F3F4
2.1

For each i the element tixniti−1 equals (xni)ti, so it is a G-conjugate of xni, and both lie in P; by [F5] there is ui∈NG(P) with tixniti−1=(xni)ui.

F5F8step 1.2
3.1

Since xni∈P≤Z(NG(P)) commutes with ui∈NG(P), step 2.1 gives tixniti−1=xni. Hence V(x)=∏ixni=xn1+⋯+nr=xn by [F4], all factors being powers of x (Exponent laws in a group: gm+n=gmgn and (gm)n=gmn for all m,n∈Z, and (gh)n=gnhn when g and h commute).

F4step 1.2step 2.1algebra
4.1

The power map y↦yn is a bijection P→P by [F6], since gcd⁡(n,∣P∣)=1 by [F1]; therefore V(P)={xn:x∈P}=P by step 3.1, and V is an epimorphism G→P.

F1F6step 3.1
5.1

Applying [F7] with Q:=P and θ:=V yields that G has a normal p-complement. ∎

F7step 4.1

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