GroupTheory
IsTGroup
determine whether a group is a T-group
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IsTGroup( G )
G
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a permutation group
A group G is said to be a T-group if every subnormal subgroup of G is normal in G. This is equivalent to the assertion that normality is a transitive relation on the subgroup lattice of G.
Every abelian group is a T-group, as is every simple group.
The IsTGroup( G ) command determines whether the group G is a T-group. It returns the value true if G is a T-group, and returns false otherwise.
with⁡GroupTheory:
The smallest non-abelian T-group is the symmetric group of degree 3.
IsTGroup⁡Symm⁡3
true
The smallest group that is not a T-group is the dihedral group of order 8.
G≔DihedralGroup⁡4:
IsTGroup⁡G
false
The following subgroup is subnormal but not normal in G.
H≔Subgroup⁡Perm⁡1,2,3,4,G
H≔1,23,4
IsSubnormal⁡H,G
IsNormal⁡H,G
It is the only group of order 8 that is not a T-group, since the other non-abelian group of that order is the quaternion group of order 8, which is Hamiltonian, and hence, is also a T-group.
IsTGroup⁡QuaternionGroup⁡
The alternating group of degree 4 is the only alternating group that is not a T-group. Since the alternating group of degree 5, being simple, is a T-group, this shows that subgroups of T-groups need not be T-groups. On the other hand, subgroups of soluble T-groups are T-groups.
IsTGroup⁡Alt⁡4
All abelian groups are T-groups.
IsTGroup⁡QuasicyclicGroup⁡61
IsTGroup⁡DirectProduct⁡CyclicGroup⁡5,CyclicGroup⁡6
Every simple group is a T-group.
IsTGroup⁡TitsGroup⁡
An example of an insoluble T-group that is not simple.
IsTGroup⁡SL⁡2,7
An example of a soluble group that is not a T-group.
IsTGroup⁡SL⁡2,3
If H is any non-trivial group, then the wreath product of H with a cyclic group of order 2 is not a T-group.
H≔RandomSmallGroup⁡nontrivial:
G≔WreathProduct⁡H,CyclicGroup⁡2:
The GroupTheory[IsTGroup] command was introduced in Maple 2024.
For more information on Maple 2024 changes, see Updates in Maple 2024.
See Also
GroupTheory[IsAbelian]
GroupTheory[IsHamiltonian]
GroupTheory[IsNormal]
GroupTheory[IsSubnormal]
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