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On S2-Groups and Groups of Moebius Transformations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

P. J. Lorimer
P. J. Lorimer*
Affiliation:
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Let PGL(2, ƒ) denote the group of all Moebius transformations

over a field F. The object of this paper is to prove the following theorem.

Theorem 1. G is an S2-group and the centre of G is trivial if and only if G is isomorphic to a group PGL(2, ƒ), char ƒ ≠ 2.

This theorem was proved for finite groups in (1). The present paper extends the result to infinite groups and also improves the method of proof used in that paper. Many of the theorems given there were proved for infinite groups and are used here with appropriate references.

Type
Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 20 , 1968 , pp. 484 - 485
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1968

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