Abstract Algebra: Theory and Applications · Problem 10.6.6

Homomorphisms — Thomas Judson

Mathematics — Abstract Algebra · sage-dihedral-normal-subgroups

Problem

Construct some dihedral groups of order 2n2n (i.e. symmetries of an nn-gon, DnD_n in the text, DihedralGroup(n) in Sage). Maybe all of them for 3≤n≤1003 \leq n \leq 100. For each dihedral group, construct a list of the orders of each of the normal subgroups (so use .normal\_subgroups()). You may need to wait ten or twenty seconds for this to finish -- be patient. Observe enough examples to hypothesize a pattern to your observations, check your hypothesis against each of your examples and then state your hypothesis.

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