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G IOVANNI Z ACHER
On lattice dual-homomorphisms between finite groups
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BETWEEN FINITE GROUPS
Nota
(*)
di GIOVANNI ZACHER(**) (a Padova)
Given two groups G and
G,
we saythat m
is a dual-homorphism
between these two groups if thefollowing
condi-tions are satisfied:
1) Every subgroup H
of G is theimage by 9
of at leastone
subgroup
H ofG ;
.g~ (H) ;
2)
For any twosubgroups H,
G we haveThe aim of this paper is to
give
necessary and sufficient conditions for a(finite)
group G to be adual-homomorphic image
of a finite group G. We shall prove that G has thefollowing
structure: G =Hl
~CH2
... XH, ,
with t >1,
wherethe order of
Hi
isrelatively prime
to that of8~
forand
Hi belongs
to one of thefollowing types
of groups:1)
A modular non-Hamiltonian p-group;2)
A non-abelianP-group;
3)
Asimple
non-abelian group with dual.It is still an open
question if
groups oftype 3)
exist.The group G is hence
dual-isomorphic
to a group and ( * ) Pervenuta in Redazione il 23 settembre 1959.Indirizzo dell’A.: Seminario matematico, Università, Padova.
(**) This paper has been written while the author had an appointment supported by the International Cooperation Administration under a program administered by the National Academy of Sciences at the Uni- versity of Illinois, Urbana, Ill. U.S.A.
therefore
applying
know n results forlattice-homomorphisms
between groups we can also
get
the structure of G.Our
proofs
willrely heavily
on results contained in[1] 1 ),
and also our
terminology
will follow that used in[1].
1. - Notation:
Capital
latin letters likeG, H, K,
... standfor groups, meanwhile small latin
letters, like a, b,
... forelements of a group.
= Sylo".
group of order =cyclic
group gene- ratedby
a ; C(G)
- lattice of thesubgroups
of~; ~(G")
Frat-tini
subgroup
ofG; F(G) =
union of all minimalsubgroups
of
G;
of H inG; 0 G (H) ~.
centralizer normal in G ;[ G : HI index
ofH in
G ; 1 identity group ; H c K
means that H is aproper
subgroup
of I~. A Hallsubgroup
of a finite group G is a group which has orderrelatively prime
to its index in G.2. - In this section we shall be concerned with some pro-
perties
of finite groups with duals.PROP. I : If N is a characteristic element
of ~ ( G),
andif q is a
dual-isomorphism
between G andG,
then Nq(N)
is a characteristic element
in ~’ ( G).
COROLLARY: If N is a characteristic element in
~’ ( G),
thenN has a dual if G has one.
PROP. II : If AT is a characteristic element in
~( G),
and ifBlAT
is such in then H is a characteristic elementin ~(G).
PROP. III: If G H with g a
simple
non abeliangroup and if G is
dual-isomorphic
toGJ
thenwhere
H = 9(H), K = y (K)
and are Hallsubgroups respectively
of G andG 2).
From our
assumptions
itfollows, applying
known results1) Number in square brackets refer to the bibliography listed at the end of this paper.
2) I am indebt to Prof. M. Suzuki for valuable suggestion in the proof of this theorem.
on direct
products 3),
that .~implies H1 = H,
and $ X K H X
implies .K1
= K. We have moreover thatTo prove that H is normal in G we have
only
to show thow that fork E K,
H kHk-1. ’Ve consider the latticeautomorphism
of G defined
bv cp-lkcp
with q adual-isomorphism
between G and
G,
and k theinner-automorphism
of G definedby
the element k. We havenormal 4)
in G. So from H X
K = y(H)
X K it followsand therefore kHk-1 = H. With the same
argument
one pro-ves that also g is normal in
G,
and so from(1)
weget
thatG=H X K.
Now let’s assume that q is a
prime
divisor of[~T :1J
and[ ~ : 1].
Then also5) [ ~1: 1 J , [K : 1 J
must have a commonprime
divisor p. Consider in G a group P of order p such that
Applying
the inverse latticeisomorphism tp-l
toP, H, K, 1, G,
J(2) gives
usIf we
put
thenThe group P is maximal in
G,
thereforeby (3)
we have either*
If P
~I1
XKl ,
we must have eitherH1 =
H orK, = K,
which is not
possible by (2’).
IfCr H1
XK1,
thenHl
=H, K1=K.
But then 1 c P n H c Hgive
a contra-diction, recalling
that H issimple.
Hence[g : 1]
must be rela-tively prime
to[K: 1].
s ) See Ch. III in [2].
4) See th. 14. II in [1].
5 ) See th. 4, I in [ 1 ] .
COROLLAx,Y : Let G be a group
dual-isomorphic
to a group G.Let N be a minimal non abelian
subgroup
of G. Then thegroup N
is a characheristic elementin ~ ( G).
Let ~
be anautomorphism of ~ ( G) ;
then is normalin
G,
issimple
and has orderequal
to that ofN 6).
Thereforeif we consider the minimal characteristic element H of
£ (G)
which contains
N,
it is a directproduct
ofsimple
non abeliangroups all of the same order. But .H~ has a dual
(Corollary
toprop.
I),
and soby
prop.III,
H must coincide with N.We now prove the
following
THEOREM I: Let G be a
finite
groupdual-i8ontorphic
to agroup
G.
Then G is the directproduct of
groups withpairwise relatively prime
orders where eachfactor
is either asimple
non-abelian, group with
dual,
or aP-group,
or a modular non-Hamiltonian p-group.
If G is solvable the theorem has been
proved by Suzuki 7 ).
We shall use induction on the order of G. Let N be a minimal normal
subgroup
of G and assume that N i_ssimple
non-abelian.The group
G /N
isdual-isomorphic
toN,
and thereforeby induction, G/N
is a directproduct
of groupsill,
... ,Ht,
belonging
to thetypes
mentioned above. The groupHi = ¡¡ilN
is a characteristic element
of £ (GIN),
N is such in G(Corol- lary
to prop.III),
thereforeBt
is a characteristic element of£ (G) (prop. II).
It follows thatHt
has a dual. We consider the centralizerC (N)
of N inHt;
N issimple
and thereforeC(N)
UN C(N)
X N. IfC(N)
XN = Hi,
we haveonly
toapply
prop. III to reach the conclusion. Assume now1 c C (N) c C (N)
X G. The groupHi/C (N)
has a dual and there- foreby
induction we haveHtIO(N)
N c(N)/C(N) ;
butthis
implies C(N) X N ~; , against
ourassumption.
Theonly
case left to consider is that for which
C(N) 1.
If we setMt/N,
the groupM¡
is a characteristic element in~ (g~).
IfMIDN, HilY
is a modular p-group, andapplying
induction to
Mi
we conclude with the desired result. Hence let«) See th. 14, II and th. 15, I I in [1].
7) See th. 5, IV in [1].
Mi = N,
so thatHIIN
is orsimple
non-abelian or aP-group 8).
The group has the
following
structure :HIIN
issimple
nonabelian,
and N is orsimple
nonabelian,
or a
P-group.
If
C(N) C N,
then it is easy to see that we can find twogroups Q, Q,
ofHi
such that we haveIf g
is adual-isomorphism
betweengi
and thenapplying g
to(4),
weget
Now N is normal in so U is normal in
N,
which isimpos-
sible because N is
simple.
HenceC(N) U N Hf .
If N is notan abelian
P-group,
thenC(N)
U N= C(N) X N,
and we mayapply
prop. III to reach the conclusion. If N is anelementary
abielan group, then
Iii C(N)
U NC(N)
and N is the center of We show that N can’t be a propersubgroup
of aSylow group 9
ofHt . S
can’t becyclic,
becauseby
a th.ofZassenhaus
9)
would not besimple.
But then 3 a groupIT
C S which covers N and two groupsQ, Q,
such that thefollowing
relations are satisfiedand we reach the same contradiction as
previously
for(4).
To
complete
ourproof
there is left to consider the casethat G does not contain a
simple
non abelian normalsubgroup.
With N we indicate the union of all normal
subgroups
of G.Then N must coincide with f.-~. Otherw ise
G /N
would be adirect
product
ofsimple
non abelian groups ... ,Ht .
Ifthen as we saw
before, Hi
would have a dualHt
and N would be asimple
non abelian normalsubgroup
of
Ht.
But thenHt = N X T
where N and T have order8) See for definition pag. 11 in [1"
if) See [3].
relatively prime,
andHi
and therefore G would contain anormal
simple
non abeliansubgroup,
which isagainst
ourassumptions.
Thus the theorem isproved.
3. - We pass now to the
study
of the groups w hich aredual-homomorphic images
of finite groups.Let G be a group
and q
a fixeddual-homomorphism
betweenthe finite groups G and G. With
Go
we indicate the intersection of allsubgroups H
of G such thatq(H) 1,
and with E the union of allsubgroups
K of G suchthat q (K) G.
In order to determine the structure of the group
G,
weprove the
following propositions:
-
PROP. IV: Let q be a
dual-homomorphim
between G andG. If
E 1, then q
induces a one to onecorrespondence
between minimal and maximal
subgroups respectively
of Gand
G;
it follows IfG=Go, then
induces a one to one
correspondence
betwen the maximal and minimalsubgroups respectively
of G andG;
it follows= F (G).
The
proof
is obvious.PROP. V:
Let ~
be a latticehomomorphism
of G on alattice
L,
and assume that the lower kernel Eof ~
is 1.Then the restriction
~l of ~
onF’(G)
is a latticeisomorphism.
Obviously
the lower kernel ofF(G)
is1,
andNow suppose
that g
is a proper latticehomorphism.
Then there3 at least one
Sylow subgroup S
ofF(G)
of order p x witha > 1 on which
cLl
induces a proper latticehomomorphism;
therefore we
have 1°) F’(G) S U N
where -A’ is a normalcomplement
ofS,
and S is acyclic
or ageneralized quaternion
group. In the latter case, X
LIT;
but thenF(G),
which isimpossible.
Hence S must becyclic.
Now consider two minimal
subgroups
P andQ
ofF(G)
withThe group P U N is a proper normal
subgroup
ofF(G).
IfQ
has order a divisor of[N : 1 ] ,
thenOtherwise
Q c S’,
where S~ is aconjugate
to P in PN and10 ) See pp. ; 0-;1 in [1].
therefore
Q cPNCF(G).
But thenF(F(G))C PN C F(G)
whichis
impossible. Hence y1
is a latticeisomorphism.
_
If g
is ahomomorphism
of the lattice L onto the latticeL,
if a is an element ofL,
then withc~ 1 (a)
we indicate the union of all those elements of L for a. We assumethat ~
is acomplete homomorphism
of the lattice ~( G)
of agroup, finite or
infinite,
onto a latticeL,
cardinalproduct
of sublattices
Ll , L2,
.... ,Ln .
L has a maximal and a minimalelement,
and therefore also2,
...,n).
If we setGi
...Ii
...On)
then we have thefollowing.
PROP. VI: G is a torsion group,
G = G,
UG2 ... U Gn ,
yand each element of
GilE
has orderrelatively prime
to every element ofG;/E
for i% j.
yVe
give
theproof
in the case n = 2. The extension to thegeneral
case is obvious.therefore E
= g-~ (0)
2G1 n G2 .
On the otherhand,
0(Ii , 0.),
0
(01, I,)
and thereforec~-1(o) c ~-1(11 , 02), y1(o)
C1,)
and so E
c~-~ (o) C G,
rlG2;
but then EGl
andGl
rlG2
is a normal
subgroup
of G We want to prove now thatGi
is normal in G. Let begl ft E,
gi EGl , g2 ~ E, 92 E
Weconsider the group gl
}g2 1
and we shall see that H cGl Let y (H) l2 ) .
All what we have to show is thatl2=02.
From
l2
>02
follows(11 , 12)
>(01, 12)
> 0 and con-tains a
subgroup ( t) }
such> 0,
sot ft E.
t is then
given by
tg2gm~2 1
with minteger greater
then0,
~))=?((~})U?({~})6L~
soIn other words
gm
EGi
but is normal inG,
so t is also in E and therefore
p({~))==0~ against
our as-sumption.
We conclude and sog2{
g,}g Z 1
EG,, . Gl
is therefore normal inGi
UG2; similarly
one shows that alsoG2
is normal inGi
UG2 .
Now we prove that all the elements of G have finite order. Assumethat g
is notperiodic.
ThenE - 111 )
ii) See th. 5, III in [1].
Now
(Gi U GZ ) ) q ( { g } ) ni=p({~})=t=0,
therefore3 m> 0 such that We
put gm=t,
andt has infinite order too. We may assume that
gm
does notbelong
either toGl
orG2,
otherwise if forexample g’~
EGi ,
if 92
=t= 1
is an element ofG2 ,
thengmg2 E Gl, gmg2 E G 2
andgMg2
isaperiodic being G, U
Henceq ( { t } ) - [ tl , t2 ]
with
t~ > 0 (i 1, 2).
Therefore exists asubgroup I
of{ t }
and t wo
subgroups
of{ to },
different from 1 suchthat which is
impossible,
be-cause t is torsion free.
Hence g
has finite order and G is atorsion group. Now we want to prove that every element of
Or./E
has orderprime
to each element ofG 2; .~.
Let at EG,
with p a
prime
number. Then thusq({ ala2 }) - [tl , l~]
with which isimpossible. Finally
assume that there exists an
element g I Q~i
UG2; then 9 (/. E,
andtherefore
q ({ g } ) ~
0. We may assumethat g
is ofprime
powerorder;
but thenq ( { g } ) [ t1, °2]
or[01, t2 ~ ,
sothat g belong
to
Gl
oragainst
ourassumption.
HenceOur
proposition
iscompletely proved.
We call a group G a
Pl-group
if G has order >1, (3 > 1)
with p > qprime
numbers in whichS.0
iscyclic, Spx
is
elementary
abelian and if{ b
=~Sq~ , a
ES p’:l,
then = at’with mod. p and
independent
of a.PROP. VII: If G is a
PI-group dual-homomorphic
to agroup and if
E 1,
then G is aP-group
andConversely
if G is aP-group,
thenG OlE
is aPl-group
with
P(G)
=Let with p > q be the order of G and assume a > 1.
Then if P is a minimal
subgroup
of the groupSpa,
the groupG
/P
isagain
aP,-group,
andapplying
induction we concludethat q induces a
dual-isomorphism
on( G/P)o
=GOIP
and onP and therefore on
Go ;
moreoverF ( G) ~ Go .
Nowis reducible then so would and
but then
by
prop. VI would be reducible which is notpossible
because G is aP1-group. Go
and G are henceP-groups,
and Ifa 1,
the group is aP-group
of order pq. But then
0 (G) = 1
and thereforeF(G)
= G.Let A be a normal minimal
subgroup
ofG,
contained in~(G)
which we assumegreater
than 1. Then there fore A is aP1-group ;
but thenG/A
is aP-group
and so0 (G)C- A-,
that is
th ( G) A.
Hence the has order aprime.
is a group of order
p2
or pr(r p),
so G has orderp8
or orrp2.
If G is not a p-group, itsSylow subgroups
are
cyclic;
butF ( G) c G.
If G is a p-group, it must be nonabelian,
ofexponent
p, because and G isregular.
But then G contains
p(p + 1) subgroups
oforder p,
meanwhileGo
hasonly p+1
maximalsubgroups.
HenceIJ(G) = 1,
Gis a
P-group,
andF(G) Go .
The converse follows from th.
15Y
III in[1].
PROP. VIII:
Let cp
be adual-homomorphism
between G andG,
where G is a group of orderp 7qO (a
> ~0,
p >q).
Then G has a dual and is
dual-isomorphic
toG,
if Gis not
cyclic.
We consider the group induces
on
G
adual-homomorphism
onto G in whichGa G,
E 1.If ~1 is a
dual-isomorphism,
then there isnothing
to prove.Thus we may assume that ql is a proper
dual-homomorphism,
that
g(G)
is irriducibleby
prop. VI andby
prop. III and IV. BetweenF(G)
and ~1 induces a dual-isomorphism;
so andI’(G)
areP-groups, being
irreducible. If
F(d)
is an abelianP-group, then 6
and therefore also G is acyclic
p-group. Hence letF ( G)
be a non abelianP-group
of order rp . We then show that ~1 can’t be aproper
dual-homomorphism.
We induction on the order ofG.
From our
assumptions
it follows that thep-Sylow
groupSpx
is normal inG,
onSpa ,
~1 induces adual-isomorphism
and the
r-Sylow
groups S,.r arecyclic
and do not containa normal
subgroup.
If(D (49) D ly 0 (6)
is contained inSpz ;
on induces a
dual-homomorphism ~
witb( G / ~ ( G) )o = G / ~ (G), E ( Q’ / ~ ( Q~ )) = 1. By induction ~
isa
dual-isomorphism
and so is CP1 hence CP1 is a dual-isomorphism, against
ourassumption. If ~ ( G) 1,
then iselementary a,belian,
and Let P be any fixed mini- malsubgroup
ofSpa;
we then show that P is normal inG.
If then there is
nothing
to prove. So let be a >1;
by H
we denote the maximalsubgroup
of index r in G. FromHo:)
followsis a
cyclic
group and henceq(H)
is normal in G.Ho
isdual-homomorphic
to sob5T
ourassumptions
itmust be a
dual-isomorphism.
is a non abelianP-group
and .g is a
P,-group (prop. VII);
If we set T
Srr rl H,
then P(T U P)
rl5~,7, q(T) = y(S,-r
U(8rr U P) n spx P,
because ql induces a latticeisomorphism
on
Spx .
Hence P is normal inG.
But then it-e conclude thatG
is aP,-group. By
prop. VIIG=Go=F(G-)
and ((1 is adual-isomorphism,
which isagainst
ourassumption.
Our prop.is now
completely proved.
We are now able to prove thefollowing:
THEOREM: A group G is the
dual-honlomorphic image of
a
finite
group Gif and onl y i f G
is tjze directproduct of
groups Y ..., Y where
[Hi: 1 ]
isrelatively prime
to[Hy: 1] for anct Hi belongs
to oneof
thefollowing
typesof
groups:1)
A modular non Hamiltonian p-grouIJ;2)
A non abelianP-group;
3)
Asimple
group with a dual.Let q be a
dual-homomorphism
between G andG ;
if we setG Go/Eo ,
then q induces adual-isomorphism (prop.V)
between
I’(G)
andG / ~_( G ). By
theoremI, G / ~ ( G )
=~C ~2 ...
withMi
either a modular p-group, or aP-group
or asimple
non abelian group withdual,
andwhere
~i
has orderrelatively prime
toMj
ifi =t= j.
Fromknown
properties
of the Frattinisubgroup,
it follows thatG .g_1
X92." X Ht
whereMi =
’= é1>(Hl)
X ...By
prop.VI,
weget
thatG
== IÎl
XÍI2
...Xkt,
whereHi
isdual-homomorphic
toH, .
IfM;
is not asimple
non abelian group,Hj
is a group of orderp%qT
w ith a >0, ~> 0; by
prop. VIII and th.5,
IV in[1], Hi
is either a modular non-Hamiltonian p-group, or a non abelianP-group.
Assume now thatMt
is asimple
group.We have then
that q
determines adual-isomorphism
betweenand the group is therefore
simple;
but
then q
determines adual-i somarphism
between andHi ,
and thereforeby
th. I,4>(Hj) 1,
~1~ ~iii, F(H¡)
=Hi ,
and
Hi
is asimple
non abelian group with dual. This com-pletes
theproof
of theorem II.Theorem II states that if G is the
dual-homomorphic image
of a finite groupG,
the group G ha a dual H where we may assume for l~ thefollowing
structureX
T 1
XT ~
X ... where is anilpotent
Hallsubgroup
ofH,
withdual, and Ti
is asimple
non abelianHall
subgroup
with dual. The determination of the finite groups G latticehomomorphic
to such agroup H
is a solvedproblem (see [1]
pp.57)
and so we can determine the structure of the finite groupsdual-homomorphic
to G.BIBLIOGRAPHY
[1] Structure of a group and the structure of its lattice of subgroups, by M. Suzuki. Ergeb. der Math. und ihrer Grenzgebiete, Heft 10, Springer Verlag, Berlin.
[2] The theory of groups, by H. Zassenhaus, Chelsea Publishing Com- pany, New York, 1958.
[3] H. Zassenhaus : Über endliche Fastkörper, in Abh. Math. Seminar, Universität Hamburg, vol. 11.