betty2301 Messages 21 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Oct 26, 2010 #1 urgent due in 13 hrs]short problem on group theory q.3 [due now Last edited: Oct 26, 2010
jbunniii Homework Helper Insights Author Messages 3,488 Reaction score 257 Oct 26, 2010 #2 You don't know anything about the orders of the groups, so Sylow has no relevance here. The proof is quite elementary. I broke it down into four bite-sized claims that you can prove: Let [itex]H = A \cap B[/itex] and [itex]g = ab \in AB[/itex]. Claim 1: [itex]bHb^{-1} \subset A[/itex] Claim 2: [itex]bHb^{-1} \subset B[/itex] (Therefore [itex]bHb^{-1} \subset A \cap B[/itex]) Claim 3: [itex]abHb^{-1}a^{-1} \subset A[/itex] Claim 4: [itex]abHb^{-1}a^{-1} \subset B[/itex] (Therefore [itex]abHb^{-1}a^{-1} \subset A \cap B[/itex])
You don't know anything about the orders of the groups, so Sylow has no relevance here. The proof is quite elementary. I broke it down into four bite-sized claims that you can prove: Let [itex]H = A \cap B[/itex] and [itex]g = ab \in AB[/itex]. Claim 1: [itex]bHb^{-1} \subset A[/itex] Claim 2: [itex]bHb^{-1} \subset B[/itex] (Therefore [itex]bHb^{-1} \subset A \cap B[/itex]) Claim 3: [itex]abHb^{-1}a^{-1} \subset A[/itex] Claim 4: [itex]abHb^{-1}a^{-1} \subset B[/itex] (Therefore [itex]abHb^{-1}a^{-1} \subset A \cap B[/itex])