GroupTheory
IsFinitelyGenerated
determine whether a group is finitely generated
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IsFinitelyGenerated( G )
G
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group
A group G is said to be finitely generated if it can be generated by a finite subset of its elements.
The IsFinitelyGenerated( G ) command returns true if the group G is finitely generated, and returns the value false otherwise.
with⁡GroupTheory:
IsFinitelyGenerated⁡PSp⁡4,3
true
IsFinitelyGenerated⁡Symm⁡30
IsFinitelyGenerated⁡QuasicyclicGroup⁡37
false
IsFinitelyGenerated⁡a,b|a−2·b−2·a3·b3=1
See Also
GroupTheory[ProjectiveSpecialLinearGroup]
GroupTheory[SymmetricGroup]
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