1.II.10C

Groups, Rings and Modules | Part IB, 2005

Let GG be a group, and HH a subgroup of finite index. By considering an appropriate action of GG on the set of left cosets of HH, prove that HH always contains a normal subgroup KK of GG such that the index of KK in GG is finite and divides nn !, where nn is the index of HH in GG.

Now assume that GG is a finite group of order pqp q, where pp and qq are prime numbers with p<qp<q. Prove that the subgroup of GG generated by any element of order qq is necessarily normal.

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