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List of small groups

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Example

Up to isomorphism, the groups of order n≤15n \le 15 are the following. Here CnC_n is the cyclic group of order nn and ×\times is the direct product. The group D2mD_{2m} is the dihedral group of order 2m2m, and Q8Q_8 is the quaternion group. The group A4A_4 is the alternating group on 44 letters, and Dic12=C3⋊C4\mathrm{Dic}_{12} = C_3 \rtimes C_4 is the dicyclic group of order 1212.

  1. Orders 11, 22, 33, 55, 77, 1111, 1313: only CnC_n.
  2. Order 44: C4C_4 and the Klein four-group C2×C2C_2 \times C_2.
  3. Order 66: C6C_6 and D6≅S3D_6 \cong S_3, the symmetric group.
  4. Order 88: C8C_8, C4×C2C_4 \times C_2, C2×C2×C2C_2 \times C_2 \times C_2, D8D_8 and Q8Q_8.
  5. Order 99: C9C_9 and C3×C3C_3 \times C_3.
  6. Order 1010: C10C_{10} and D10D_{10}.
  7. Order 1212: C12C_{12}, C6×C2C_6 \times C_2, A4A_4, D12D_{12} and Dic12\mathrm{Dic}_{12}.
  8. Order 1414: C14C_{14} and D14D_{14}.
  9. Order 1515: only C15C_{15}.

So the numbers of groups of orders 1,2,…,151, 2, \dots, 15 are 1,1,1,2,1,2,1,5,2,2,1,5,1,2,11, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 5, 2, 2, 1, 5, 1, 2, 1. For order 1616 there are already 1414 groups.

Remarks

Groups of prime order pp are cyclic, which explains the first line. For primes p<qp < q, a group of order pqpq is cyclic unless pp divides q−1q - 1. This explains why 15=3⋅515 = 3 \cdot 5 gives only C15C_{15}, while 66, 1010 and 1414 also give a dihedral group. A group of order p2p^2 is abelian, so it is Cp2C_{p^2} or Cp×CpC_p \times C_p, as for orders 44 and 99. In each order the abelian groups are given by the classification of finite abelian groups.

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  1. Alternating group concept
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  3. Cyclic group concept
  4. Dihedral group concept
  5. Direct product of groups concept
  6. Group concept
  7. Symmetric group concept
  8. Commutativity definition
  9. Centre of a group definition
  10. Direct product of groups definition
  11. Abelian group definition
  12. Quaternion group object
  13. Klein four-group object
  14. List of small groups example

Further reading

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