Properties

Label 8T4
8T4 1 2 1->2 6 1->6 3 2->3 5 2->5 4 3->4 8 3->8 4->5 5->6 7 6->7 7->4 7->8 8->1
Degree $8$
Order $8$
Cyclic no
Abelian no
Solvable yes
Primitive no
$p$-group yes
Group: $D_4$

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Copy content magma:G := TransitiveGroup(8, 4);
 

Group invariants

Abstract group:  $D_4$
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Order:  $8=2^{3}$
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Cyclic:  no
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Abelian:  no
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Solvable:  yes
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Nilpotency class:  $2$
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Group action invariants

Degree $n$:  $8$
Copy content magma:t, n := TransitiveGroupIdentification(G); n;
 
Transitive number $t$:  $4$
Copy content magma:t, n := TransitiveGroupIdentification(G); t;
 
CHM label:   $D_{8}(8)=[4]2$
Parity:  $1$
Copy content magma:IsEven(G);
 
Primitive:  no
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$\card{\Aut(F/K)}$:  $8$
Copy content magma:Order(Centralizer(SymmetricGroup(n), G));
 
Generators:  $(1,2,3,8)(4,5,6,7)$, $(1,6)(2,5)(3,4)(7,8)$
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Low degree resolvents

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

Resolvents shown for degrees $\leq 47$

Subfields

Degree 2: $C_2$ x 3

Degree 4: $C_2^2$, $D_{4}$ x 2

Low degree siblings

4T3 x 2

Siblings are shown with degree $\leq 47$

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

Conjugacy classes

LabelCycle TypeSizeOrderIndexRepresentative
1A $1^{8}$ $1$ $1$ $0$ $()$
2A $2^{4}$ $1$ $2$ $4$ $(1,3)(2,8)(4,6)(5,7)$
2B $2^{4}$ $2$ $2$ $4$ $(1,6)(2,5)(3,4)(7,8)$
2C $2^{4}$ $2$ $2$ $4$ $(1,7)(2,6)(3,5)(4,8)$
4A $4^{2}$ $2$ $4$ $6$ $(1,2,3,8)(4,5,6,7)$

Malle's constant $a(G)$:     $1/4$

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Character table

1A 2A 2B 2C 4A
Size 1 1 2 2 2
2 P 1A 1A 1A 1A 2A
Type
8.3.1a R 1 1 1 1 1
8.3.1b R 1 1 1 1 1
8.3.1c R 1 1 1 1 1
8.3.1d R 1 1 1 1 1
8.3.2a R 2 2 0 0 0

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Regular extensions

$f_{ 1 } =$ $x^{8} - t x^{6} + \left(2 t + 14\right) x^{4} - t x^{2} + 1$ Copy content Toggle raw display