Exercise 14.3.26

Compute the orders of the groups in (14.15).

Answers

( 14 . 15 ) 𝔽 p 2 = 𝔽 p 2 AGL ( 1 , 𝔽 p 2 ) AΓL ( 1 , 𝔽 p 2 ) AGL ( 2 , 𝔽 p ) S p 2 .

Proof. | 𝔽 p 2 | = | 𝔽 p 2 | = p 2 . Every element of AGL ( 1 , 𝔽 p 2 ) is of the unique form γ a , b , a 𝔽 p 2 , b 𝔽 p 2 , thus

| AGL ( 1 , 𝔽 p 2 ) | = p 2 ( p 2 1 ) .

By Exercise 3(a), AGL ( 1 , 𝔽 p 2 ) has index 2 in AΓL ( 1 , 𝔽 p 2 ) , therefore

| AΓL ( 1 , 𝔽 p 2 ) | = 2 p 2 ( p 2 1 ) .

Every element of AGL ( 2 , 𝔽 p ) is of the unique form γ A , v , A GL ( 2 , 𝔽 p ) , v 𝔽 p 2 . Moreover, by Exercise 14(a), | GL ( 2 , 𝔽 p ) | = p ( p 1 ) ( p 2 1 ) , therefore

| AGL ( 2 , 𝔽 p ) | = p 3 ( p 1 ) ( p 2 1 ) .

To be complete, | S p 2 | = ( p 2 ) ! . □

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