Determine order of \langle(12345), (2354) \rangle. I'm asked to prove that the order of PS

Hazel Barnes

Hazel Barnes

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2022-02-12

Determine order of 123452354.
I'm asked to prove that the order of H=123452354 is 20, in an Algebra exercise 2nd year maths.
What I have achieved is that 20||H|and|H=20,120 since H can't be the alternating group and there are no subgroups of order 40 in S5. But I don't know how to prove HS5.

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Biscatta9rz

Biscatta9rz

Beginner2022-02-13Added 14 answers

Consider the integers modulo 5. Let α be the operation α:xx+1. Let β be the operation β:x2x.
Then α,β generate all affine automorphisms of Z5Z, which has size 20:
xax+b,
with a{1,2,3,4} and b{0,1,2,3,4,5}.

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