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In mathematics, especially in the area of algebra known as group theory, the term Z-group refers to a number of distinct types of groups: in the study of finite groups, a Z-group is a finite group whose Sylow subgroups are all cyclic. in the study of infinite groups, a Z-group is a group which possesses a very general form of central series.
One of the non-abelian groups is the semidirect product of a normal cyclic subgroup of order p 2 by a cyclic group of order p. The other is the quaternion group for p = 2 and a group of exponent p for p > 2. Order p 4: The classification is complicated, and gets much harder as the exponent of p increases.
In mathematics, the lattice of subgroups of a group is the lattice whose elements are the subgroups of , with the partial ordering being set inclusion. In this lattice, the join of two subgroups is the subgroup generated by their union , and the meet of two subgroups is their intersection .
A proper subgroup of a group G is a subgroup H which is a proper subset of G (that is, H ≠ G). This is often represented notationally by H < G, read as "H is a proper subgroup of G". Some authors also exclude the trivial group from being proper (that is, H ≠ {e} ). [2] [3] If H is a subgroup of G, then G is sometimes called an overgroup of H.
A group is called virtually cyclic if it contains a cyclic subgroup of finite index (the number of cosets that the subgroup has). In other words, any element in a virtually cyclic group can be arrived at by multiplying a member of the cyclic subgroup and a member of a certain finite set. Every cyclic group is virtually cyclic, as is every ...
In the example of symmetries of a square, the identity and the rotations constitute a subgroup = {,,,} , highlighted in red in the Cayley table of the example: any two rotations composed are still a rotation, and a rotation can be undone by (i.e., is inverse to) the complementary rotations 270° for 90°, 180° for 180°, and 90° for 270°.
The principal congruence subgroup of level 2, Γ(2), is also called the modular group Λ. Since PSL(2, Z/2Z) is isomorphic to S 3, Λ is a subgroup of index 6. The group Λ consists of all modular transformations for which a and d are odd and b and c are even.
Hasse diagram of the lattice of subgroups of Z 2 3. The red squares mark the elements of the subsets as they appear in the Cayley table displayed below. There are Z 2 3 itself, seven Z 2 2, seven Z 2 and the trivial group.