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Exercise 4.5.22(If $|G| = 132$ then $G$ is not simple)
Prove that if then is not simple.
Answers
Proof. Here . By Sylow’s Theorem
Therefore
Assume for the sake of contradiction that is simple. Then and , so and or . But is impossible, otherwise contains elements of order , and elements of order , which gives . So
This gives elements of order and elements of order . It remains a set of elements, whose orders are neither nor .
Let be any Sylow -subgroup. The order of the elements of are or , so . Since , we obtain , so there is a unique -Sylow of , which is normal in , so is not simple. This is a contradiction, which proves that is not simple.
If then is not simple. □