The Group Theory Concept: The Abelian Group
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Please address the following problem: A group of order p^2,where p is a prime number, is abelian.
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A group of order ,where is a prime number, is abelian.
Solution:- Let be a group of order , that is .
Then
is a subgroup of
and
Hence
For is prime.
Suppose
Then
which imply that there exists such that .
is a proper subgroup of
For by assumption.
But is a subgroup of
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