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Example
Up to isomorphism, the groups of order are the following. Here is the cyclic group of order and is the direct product. The group is the dihedral group of order , and is the quaternion group. The group is the alternating group on letters, and is the dicyclic group of order .
- Orders , , , , , , : only .
- Order : and the Klein four-group .
- Order : and , the symmetric group.
- Order : , , , and .
- Order : and .
- Order : and .
- Order : , , , and .
- Order : and .
- Order : only .
So the numbers of groups of orders are . For order there are already groups.
Remarks
Groups of prime order are cyclic, which explains the first line. For primes , a group of order is cyclic unless divides . This explains why gives only , while , and also give a dihedral group. A group of order is abelian, so it is or , as for orders and . In each order the abelian groups are given by the classification of finite abelian groups.
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- Alternating group concept
- Binary operation definition
- Cyclic group concept
- Dihedral group concept
- Direct product of groups concept
- Group concept
- Symmetric group concept
- Commutativity definition
- Centre of a group definition
- Direct product of groups definition
- Abelian group definition
- Quaternion group object
- Klein four-group object
- List of small groups example
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