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On Finite Nilpotent Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

G. Bachman
G. Bachman*
Affiliation:
Rutgers University
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It is well known that if (n, ϕ(n)) = 1, where ϕ(n) denotes the Euler ϕ function, then the only group of order n is the cyclic group. This is a special case of a more general result due to Dickson (2, p. 201); namely, if

where the pi are distinct primes and each αi > 0, the necessary and sufficient conditions that the only groups of order n are abelian are (1) each αi ≤ 2 and (2) no

is divisible by any p1 … , ps.

We wish to establish a theorem which includes these two results. We let G(n) equal the number of groups of order n where

and we seek necessary and sufficient conditions on n so that

Clearly, this problem is equivalent to finding necessary and sufficient conditions on n so that all existing groups of order n be nilpotent.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 12 , 1960 , pp. 68 - 72
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1960

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