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    finite group theory, the Sylow theorems are a collection of theorems named after the Norwegian mathematician Peter Ludwig Sylow that give detailed information...
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    theory. Sylow processed and further developed the innovative works of mathematicians Niels Henrik Abel and Évariste Galois in algebra. Sylow theorems and...
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  • Sylow (1792–1875), Norwegian Minister of the Army Sylow theorems, a collection of theorems named after the Norwegian mathematician Peter Ludwig Sylow...
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    groups of order n, as a consequence, for example, of results such as the Sylow theorems. For example, every group of order pq is cyclic when q < p are primes...
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  • (mod p). This is Wilson's theorem. It is possible to deduce Wilson's theorem from a particular application of the Sylow theorems. Let p be a prime. It is...
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    Hall subgroup (redirect from Sylow system)
    another proof of Burnside's theorem, because Burnside's theorem is used to prove this converse. A Sylow system is a set of Sylow p-subgroups Sp for each prime...
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    number of its elements) is a power of p. Given a finite group G, the Sylow theorems guarantee the existence of a subgroup of G of order pn for every prime...
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  • This is a list of notable theorems. Lists of theorems and similar statements include: List of algebras List of algorithms List of axioms List of conjectures...
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    ISBN 978-0-486-81690-6. For the Sylow theorems see p. 43; for Lagrange's theorem, see p. 12; for Burnside's theorem see p. 143. Bryant, John; Sangwin...
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    The Sylow subgroups of the symmetric groups are important examples of p-groups. They are more easily described in special cases first: The Sylow p-subgroups...
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    group Product of group subsets Schur multiplier Semidirect product Sylow theorems Hall subgroup Wreath product Butterfly lemma Center of a group Centralizer...
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    the Sylow subgroup must be dihedral, quasidihedral, wreathed, or a Sylow 2-subgroup of U3(4). The first case was done by the Gorenstein–Walter theorem which...
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    cyclic; this implies that its Sylow subgroups are cyclic or generalized quaternion groups. Any group such that all Sylow subgroups are cyclic is called...
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  • elements. Many theorems about finite groups can be readily generalised to profinite groups; examples are Lagrange's theorem and the Sylow theorems. To construct...
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    phrased simply as "normalizers grow". Every Sylow subgroup of G is normal. G is the direct product of its Sylow subgroups. If d divides the order of G, then...
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    Theorems about abelian groups (i.e. modules over the principal ideal domain Z {\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} } ) can often be generalized to theorems about...
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    not a prime power, then every Sylow subgroup is proper, and, by Sylow's Third Theorem, we know that the number of Sylow p-subgroups of a group of order...
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    G is a finite abelian group whose exponent divides the order of G. If a Sylow p-subgroup of G is cyclic for some p, then the order of M ⁡ ( G ) {\displaystyle...
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    conjugate Sylow theorem (for n odd): for n odd, each reflection, together with the identity, form a subgroup of order 2, which is a Sylow 2-subgroup...
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    example, Sylow's theorem was reproven by Frobenius in 1887 directly from the laws of a finite group, although Frobenius remarked that the theorem followed...
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  • algebra, the focal subgroup theorem describes the fusion of elements in a Sylow subgroup of a finite group. The focal subgroup theorem was introduced in (Higman...
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    which has qd conjugates, for some d > 0. By the first statement of Sylow's theorem, G has a subgroup S of order pa. Because S is a nontrivial p-group...
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    known as the orbit-stabilizer theorem. If G is finite then the orbit-stabilizer theorem, together with Lagrange's theorem, gives | G ⋅ x | = [ G : G x...
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  • to the abelianization of H. It can be used in conjunction with the Sylow theorems to obtain certain numerical results on the existence of finite simple...
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    size of the 2-Sylow subgroup of SL2(F) is 2n, where n = ord2(p2 − 1) + ord2(r). The Brauer–Suzuki theorem shows that the groups whose Sylow 2-subgroups...
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    O'Nan (1976) in a study of groups with a Sylow 2-subgroup of "Alperin type", meaning isomorphic to a Sylow 2-Subgroup of a group of type (Z/2nZ ×Z/2nZ...
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    {\displaystyle m\times m} upper triangular matrix. Any finite group whose p-Sylow subgroups are cyclic is a semidirect product of two cyclic groups, in particular...
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    Lie group is a Lie group. This is known as the closed subgroup theorem or Cartan's theorem. The quotient of a Lie group by a closed normal subgroup is a...
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  • l'impossibilité de la résolution de l'équation générale du cinquième degré" (PDF), in Sylow, Ludwig; Lie, Sophus (eds.), Œuvres Complètes de Niels Henrik Abel (in French)...
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    written as the quotient space SO+(1, 3) / SO(3), due to the orbit-stabilizer theorem. Furthermore, this upper sheet also provides a model for three-dimensional...
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