Short problem on group theory q.3

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urgent due in 13 hrs]short problem on group theory q.3

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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])