Properties

Label 8T8
Degree $8$
Order $16$
Cyclic no
Abelian no
Solvable yes
Primitive no
$p$-group yes
Group: $QD_{16}$

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magma: G := TransitiveGroup(8, 8);
 

Group action invariants

Degree $n$:  $8$
magma: t, n := TransitiveGroupIdentification(G); n;
 
Transitive number $t$:  $8$
magma: t, n := TransitiveGroupIdentification(G); t;
 
Group:  $QD_{16}$
CHM label:   $2D_{8}(8)=[D(4)]2$
Parity:  $-1$
magma: IsEven(G);
 
Primitive:  no
magma: IsPrimitive(G);
 
magma: NilpotencyClass(G);
 
$\card{\Aut(F/K)}$:  $2$
magma: Order(Centralizer(SymmetricGroup(n), G));
 
Generators:  (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8), (1,3)(2,6)(5,7)
magma: Generators(G);
 

Low degree resolvents

|G/N|Galois groups for stem field(s)
$2$:  $C_2$ x 3
$4$:  $C_2^2$
$8$:  $D_{4}$

Resolvents shown for degrees $\leq 47$

Subfields

Degree 2: $C_2$

Degree 4: $D_{4}$

Low degree siblings

16T12

Siblings are shown with degree $\leq 47$

A number field with this Galois group has no arithmetically equivalent fields.

Conjugacy classes

LabelCycle TypeSizeOrderRepresentative
$ 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 $ $1$ $1$ $()$
$ 2, 2, 2, 1, 1 $ $4$ $2$ $(2,4)(3,7)(6,8)$
$ 8 $ $2$ $8$ $(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8)$
$ 4, 4 $ $4$ $4$ $(1,2,5,6)(3,8,7,4)$
$ 4, 4 $ $2$ $4$ $(1,3,5,7)(2,4,6,8)$
$ 2, 2, 2, 2 $ $1$ $2$ $(1,5)(2,6)(3,7)(4,8)$
$ 8 $ $2$ $8$ $(1,6,3,8,5,2,7,4)$

magma: ConjugacyClasses(G);
 

Group invariants

Order:  $16=2^{4}$
magma: Order(G);
 
Cyclic:  no
magma: IsCyclic(G);
 
Abelian:  no
magma: IsAbelian(G);
 
Solvable:  yes
magma: IsSolvable(G);
 
Nilpotency class:  $3$
Label:  16.8
magma: IdentifyGroup(G);
 
Character table:

1A 2A 2B 4A 4B 8A1 8A-1
Size 1 1 4 2 4 2 2
2 P 1A 1A 1A 2A 2A 4A 4A
Type
16.8.1a R 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
16.8.1b R 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
16.8.1c R 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
16.8.1d R 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
16.8.2a R 2 2 0 2 0 0 0
16.8.2b1 C 2 2 0 0 0 ζ8ζ83 ζ8+ζ83
16.8.2b2 C 2 2 0 0 0 ζ8+ζ83 ζ8ζ83

magma: CharacterTable(G);