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AffineSpecialLinearGroup

  

construct the affine special linear group as a permutation group

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

Calling Sequence

AffineSpecialLinearGroup( n, q )

ASL( n, q )

Parameters

n

-

a positive integer

q

-

a prime power greater than 1

Description

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The affine special linear group ASL⁡n,q is the semi-direct product of the special linear group SL⁡n,q with the natural module of dimension n over the field with q elements. It is also called the special affine group, and is sometimes denoted by SA⁡n,q.

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The AffineSpecialLinearGroup command produces a permutation group isomorphic to the group ASL⁡n,q.

Examples

> 

with⁡GroupTheory:

Both of the following equivalent commands create a one-dimensional affine special linear group over the field with 2 elements.

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G≔AffineSpecialLinearGroup⁡1,2

G≔ASL1,2

(1)
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G≔ASL⁡1,2

G≔ASL1,2

(2)
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GroupOrder⁡G

2

(3)

It is clearly a cyclic group of order 2. In fact, the one-dimensional affine special linear groups are all elementary abelian because, the one-dimensional special linear group being trivial, they are isomorphic to the additive groups of their natural modules.

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Q≔select⁡type,seq⁡2..100,primepower:

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G≔map2⁡ASL,1,Q:

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map⁡GroupOrder,G

2,3,4,5,7,8,9,11,13,16,17,19,23,25,27,29,31,32,37,41,43,47,49,53,59,61,64,67,71,73,79,81,83,89,97

(4)
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andmap⁡IsElementary,G

true

(5)

The two-dimensional affine special linear group over a field with 2 elements is isomorphic to another familiar group.

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G≔ASL⁡2,2

G≔ASL2,2

(6)
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AreIsomorphic⁡G,Symm⁡4

true

(7)
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G≔ASL⁡3,3

G≔ASL3,3

(8)
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IsPrimitive⁡G

true

(9)
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Transitivity⁡G

2

(10)
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S≔Socle⁡G

S≔1,19,102,20,113,21,124,22,135,23,146,24,157,25,168,26,179,27,18,1,3,24,6,57,9,810,12,1113,15,1416,18,1719,21,2022,24,2325,27,26,1,4,72,5,83,6,910,13,1611,14,1712,15,1819,22,2520,23,2621,24,27

(11)
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GroupOrder⁡S

27

(12)
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IsElementary⁡S

true

(13)
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IsRegular⁡S

true

(14)

See Also

GroupTheory[AffineGeneralLinearGroup]

GroupTheory[SpecialLinearGroup]