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GroupTheory

  

IsHamiltonian

  

attempt to determine whether a group is Hamiltonian

  

IsDedekind

  

attempt to determine whether a group is Dedekind

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Compatibility

Calling Sequence

IsDedekind( G )

IsHamiltonian( G )

Parameters

G

-

a permutation group

Description

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A group G is Dedekind if every subgroup of G is normal in G. Every Abelian group is obviously a Dedekind group, but non-Abelian Dedekind groups exist.

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A group G is Hamiltonian if it is a non-commutative Dedekind group.

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The IsDedekind( G ) command attempts to determine whether the group G is Dedekind.  It returns true if G is Dedekind and returns false otherwise.

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The IsHamiltonian( G ) command attempts to determine whether the group G is Hamiltonian, returning true if G is Hamiltonian, and false otherwise.

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The smallest Hamiltonian group is the quaternion group of order 8.

Examples

> 

with⁡GroupTheory:

> 

IsHamiltonian⁡QuaternionGroup⁡

true

(1)
> 

andmap⁡IsNormal,convert⁡SubgroupLattice⁡QuaternionGroup⁡,list,QuaternionGroup⁡

true

(2)

The fact that this group is Hamiltonian is visible from the subgroup lattice:

> 

DrawSubgroupLattice⁡QuaternionGroup⁡

> 

IsDedekind⁡QuaternionGroup⁡

true

(3)
> 

IsHamiltonian⁡CyclicGroup⁡10

false

(4)
> 

IsDedekind⁡CyclicGroup⁡10

true

(5)
> 

IsDedekind⁡DihedralGroup⁡4

false

(6)
> 

IsHamiltonian⁡DihedralGroup⁡4

false

(7)
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andmap⁡IsNormal,convert⁡SubgroupLattice⁡DihedralGroup⁡4,list,DihedralGroup⁡4

false

(8)

You can see that the dihedral group of order 8 is not Hamiltonian by looking at its subgroup lattice.

> 

DrawSubgroupLattice⁡DihedralGroup⁡4

> 

IsHamiltonian⁡SmallGroup⁡256,56084

true

(9)
> 

IsDedekind⁡SmallGroup⁡256,56085

false

(10)

Compatibility

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The GroupTheory[IsHamiltonian] and GroupTheory[IsDedekind] commands were introduced in Maple 2019.

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For more information on Maple 2019 changes, see Updates in Maple 2019.

See Also

GroupTheory

GroupTheory[DihedralGroup]

GroupTheory[IsAbelian]

GroupTheory[IsNormal]

GroupTheory[QuaternionGroup]

GroupTheory[SmallGroup]