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Label 216.13
Order \( 2^{3} \cdot 3^{3} \)
Exponent \( 2^{3} \cdot 3^{2} \)
Nilpotent no
Solvable yes
$\card{G^{\mathrm{ab}}}$ \( 2^{3} \cdot 3^{2} \)
$\card{Z(G)}$ \( 2^{2} \cdot 3^{2} \)
$\card{\Aut(G)}$ \( 2^{4} \cdot 3^{2} \)
$\card{\mathrm{Out}(G)}$ \( 2^{3} \cdot 3 \)
Perm deg. $20$
Trans deg. $72$
Rank $2$

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Copy content magma:G := SmallGroup(216, 13);
 
Copy content gap:G := SmallGroup(216, 13);
 
Copy content sage_gap:G = libgap.SmallGroup(216, 13)
 
Copy content comment:Define the group as a permutation group
 
Copy content sage:G = PermutationGroup(['(1,2,3,5,4,6,7,8)(10,11)', '(12,13,15,14,16,18,17,19,20)', '(1,3,4,7)(2,5,6,8)', '(12,14,17)(13,16,19)(15,18,20)', '(1,4)(2,6)(3,7)(5,8)', '(9,10,11)'])
 

Group information

Description:$C_3:C_{72}$
Order: \(216\)\(\medspace = 2^{3} \cdot 3^{3} \)
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Exponent: \(72\)\(\medspace = 2^{3} \cdot 3^{2} \)
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Automorphism group:$C_6^2:C_2^2$, of order \(144\)\(\medspace = 2^{4} \cdot 3^{2} \)
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Composition factors:$C_2$ x 3, $C_3$ x 3
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Derived length:$2$
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This group is nonabelian, metacyclic (hence solvable, supersolvable, monomial, and metabelian), and an A-group.

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Group statistics

Copy content comment:Compute statistics for the group G
 
Copy content magma:// Magma code to output the first two rows of the group statistics table element_orders := [Order(g) : g in G]; orders := Set(element_orders); printf "Orders: %o\n", orders; printf "Elements: %o %o\n", [#[x : x in element_orders | x eq n] : n in orders], Order(G); cc_orders := [cc[1] : cc in ConjugacyClasses(G)]; printf "Conjugacy classes: %o %o\n", [#[x : x in cc_orders | x eq n] : n in orders], #cc_orders;
 
Copy content gap:# Gap code to output the first two rows of the group statistics table element_orders := List(Elements(G), g -> Order(g)); orders := Set(element_orders); Print("Orders: ", orders, "\n"); element_counts := List(orders, n -> Length(Filtered(element_orders, x -> x = n))); Print("Elements: ", element_counts, " ", Size(G), "\n"); cc_orders := List(ConjugacyClasses(G), cc -> Order(Representative(cc))); cc_counts := List(orders, n -> Length(Filtered(cc_orders, x -> x = n))); Print("Conjugacy classes: ", cc_counts, " ", Length(ConjugacyClasses(G)), "\n");
 
Copy content sage:# Sage code to output the first two rows of the group statistics table element_orders = [g.order() for g in G] orders = sorted(list(set(element_orders))) print("Orders:", orders) print("Elements:", [element_orders.count(n) for n in orders], G.order()) cc_orders = [cc[0].order() for cc in G.conjugacy_classes()] print("Conjugacy classes:", [cc_orders.count(n) for n in orders], len(cc_orders))
 

Order 1 2 3 4 6 8 9 12 18 24 36 72
Elements 1 1 8 2 8 12 18 16 18 24 36 72 216
Conjugacy classes   1 1 5 2 5 4 12 10 12 8 24 24 108
Divisions 1 1 3 1 3 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 21
Autjugacy classes 1 1 3 1 3 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 21

Copy content comment:Compute statistics about the characters of G
 
Copy content magma:// Outputs [<d_1,c_1>, <d_2,c_2>, ...] where c_i is the number of irr. complex chars. of G with degree d_i CharacterDegrees(G);
 
Copy content gap:# Outputs [[d_1,c_1], [d_2,c_2], ...] where c_i is the number of irr. complex chars. of G with degree d_i CharacterDegrees(G);
 
Copy content sage:# Outputs [[d_1,c_1], [d_2,c_2], ...] where c_i is the number of irr. complex chars. of G with degree d_i character_degrees = [c[0] for c in G.character_table()] [[n, character_degrees.count(n)] for n in set(character_degrees)]
 
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Dimension 1 2 4 6 8 12 24
Irr. complex chars.   72 36 0 0 0 0 0 108
Irr. rational chars. 2 5 5 2 2 3 2 21

Minimal presentations

Permutation degree:$20$
Transitive degree:$72$
Rank: $2$
Inequivalent generating pairs: $144$

Minimal degrees of faithful linear representations

Over $\mathbb{C}$ Over $\mathbb{R}$ Over $\mathbb{Q}$
Irreducible 2 4 24
Arbitrary 2 4 10

Constructions

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Presentation: $\langle a, b \mid a^{72}=b^{3}=1, b^{a}=b^{2} \rangle$ Copy content Toggle raw display
Copy content comment:Define the group with the given generators and relations
 
Copy content magma:G := PCGroup([6, -2, -2, -2, -3, -3, -3, 12, 31, 50, 93, 5189]); a,b := Explode([G.1, G.6]); AssignNames(~G, ["a", "a2", "a4", "a8", "a24", "b"]);
 
Copy content gap:G := PcGroupCode(148138872218354631,216); a := G.1; b := G.6;
 
Copy content sage:# This uses Sage's interface to GAP, as Sage (currently) has no native support for PC groups G = gap.new('PcGroupCode(148138872218354631,216)'); a = G.1; b = G.6;
 
Copy content sage_gap:# This uses Sage's interface to GAP, as Sage (currently) has no native support for PC groups G = gap.new('PcGroupCode(148138872218354631,216)'); a = G.1; b = G.6;
 
Permutation group:Degree $20$ $\langle(1,2,3,5,4,6,7,8)(10,11), (12,13,15,14,16,18,17,19,20), (1,3,4,7)(2,5,6,8), (12,14,17)(13,16,19)(15,18,20), (1,4)(2,6)(3,7)(5,8), (9,10,11)\rangle$ Copy content Toggle raw display
Copy content comment:Define the group as a permutation group
 
Copy content magma:G := PermutationGroup< 20 | (1,2,3,5,4,6,7,8)(10,11), (12,13,15,14,16,18,17,19,20), (1,3,4,7)(2,5,6,8), (12,14,17)(13,16,19)(15,18,20), (1,4)(2,6)(3,7)(5,8), (9,10,11) >;
 
Copy content gap:G := Group( (1,2,3,5,4,6,7,8)(10,11), (12,13,15,14,16,18,17,19,20), (1,3,4,7)(2,5,6,8), (12,14,17)(13,16,19)(15,18,20), (1,4)(2,6)(3,7)(5,8), (9,10,11) );
 
Copy content sage:G = PermutationGroup(['(1,2,3,5,4,6,7,8)(10,11)', '(12,13,15,14,16,18,17,19,20)', '(1,3,4,7)(2,5,6,8)', '(12,14,17)(13,16,19)(15,18,20)', '(1,4)(2,6)(3,7)(5,8)', '(9,10,11)'])
 
Matrix group:$\left\langle \left(\begin{array}{rr} 27 & 0 \\ 0 & 11 \end{array}\right), \left(\begin{array}{rr} 0 & 2 \\ 1 & 0 \end{array}\right), \left(\begin{array}{rr} 2 & 0 \\ 0 & 2 \end{array}\right) \right\rangle \subseteq \GL_{2}(\F_{37})$
Copy content comment:Define the group as a matrix group with coefficients in GLFp
 
Copy content magma:G := MatrixGroup< 2, GF(37) | [[27, 0, 0, 11], [0, 2, 1, 0], [2, 0, 0, 2]] >;
 
Copy content gap:G := Group([[[ Z(37)^6, 0*Z(37) ], [ 0*Z(37), Z(37)^30 ]], [[ 0*Z(37), Z(37) ], [ Z(37)^0, 0*Z(37) ]], [[ Z(37), 0*Z(37) ], [ 0*Z(37), Z(37) ]]]);
 
Copy content sage:MS = MatrixSpace(GF(37), 2, 2) G = MatrixGroup([MS([[27, 0], [0, 11]]), MS([[0, 2], [1, 0]]), MS([[2, 0], [0, 2]])])
 
Direct product: $C_9$ $\, \times\, $ $(C_3:C_8)$
Semidirect product: $C_3$ $\,\rtimes\,$ $C_{72}$ $(C_3\times C_9)$ $\,\rtimes\,$ $C_8$ more information
Trans. wreath product: not isomorphic to a non-trivial transitive wreath product
Non-split product: $C_{36}$ . $S_3$ $C_6$ . $C_{36}$ $C_{12}$ . $C_{18}$ $C_3^2$ . $C_{24}$ all 15

Elements of the group are displayed as words in the presentation generators from the presentation above.

Homology

Abelianization: $C_{72} \simeq C_{8} \times C_{9}$
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Schur multiplier: $C_1$
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Commutator length: $1$
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Subgroups

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There are 42 subgroups in 30 conjugacy classes, 21 normal, and all normal subgroups are characteristic.

Characteristic subgroups are shown in this color.

Special subgroups

Center: $Z \simeq$ $C_{36}$ $G/Z \simeq$ $S_3$
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Commutator: $G' \simeq$ $C_3$ $G/G' \simeq$ $C_{72}$
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Frattini: $\Phi \simeq$ $C_{12}$ $G/\Phi \simeq$ $C_3\times S_3$
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Fitting: $\operatorname{Fit} \simeq$ $C_3\times C_{36}$ $G/\operatorname{Fit} \simeq$ $C_2$
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Radical: $R \simeq$ $C_3:C_{72}$ $G/R \simeq$ $C_1$
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Socle: $\operatorname{soc} \simeq$ $C_3\times C_6$ $G/\operatorname{soc} \simeq$ $C_{12}$
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2-Sylow subgroup: $P_{ 2 } \simeq$ $C_8$
3-Sylow subgroup: $P_{ 3 } \simeq$ $C_3\times C_9$

Subgroup diagram and profile

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Series

Derived series $C_3:C_{72}$ $\rhd$ $C_3$ $\rhd$ $C_1$
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Chief series $C_3:C_{72}$ $\rhd$ $C_3\times C_{36}$ $\rhd$ $C_3\times C_{18}$ $\rhd$ $C_3\times C_9$ $\rhd$ $C_3^2$ $\rhd$ $C_3$ $\rhd$ $C_1$
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Lower central series $C_3:C_{72}$ $\rhd$ $C_3$
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Upper central series $C_1$ $\lhd$ $C_{36}$
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Supergroups

This group is a maximal subgroup of 43 larger groups in the database.

This group is a maximal quotient of 21 larger groups in the database.

Character theory

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Copy content magma:CharacterTable(G); // Output not guaranteed to exactly match the LMFDB table
 
Copy content gap:CharacterTable(G); # Output not guaranteed to exactly match the LMFDB table
 
Copy content sage:G.character_table() # Output not guaranteed to exactly match the LMFDB table
 
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Complex character table

See the $108 \times 108$ character table. Alternatively, you may search for characters of this group with desired properties.

Rational character table

See the $21 \times 21$ rational character table.