alternating group A n

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:group_of_people
simple group
permutation group
gptkbp:A_1 trivial group
abelian
isomorphic to trivial group
gptkbp:A_2 trivial group
abelian
isomorphic to trivial group
gptkbp:A_3 cyclic group of order 3
abelian
isomorphic to cyclic group of order 3
gptkbp:A_4 not simple
group of order 12
has normal subgroup of order 4
isomorphic to group of even permutations of 4 elements
gptkbp:A_5 simple group of order 60
isomorphic to PSL(2,5)
isomorphic to icosahedral group
isomorphic to rotation group of dodecahedron
isomorphic to rotation group of icosahedron
smallest non-abelian simple group
gptkbp:A_6 has outer automorphism
not a complete group
order 360
gptkbp:A_7 order 2520
gptkbp:A_8 order 20160
gptkbp:centralTo trivial group (for n > 2)
gptkbp:consistsOf even permutations
gptkbp:definedIn set of n elements
gptkbp:generation 3-cycles
gptkbp:hasNormalSubgroup gptkb:symmetric_group_S_n
gptkbp:hasSubgroup gptkb:symmetric_group_S_n
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label alternating group A n
gptkbp:isNonAbelian false (for n > 2)
gptkbp:isSimple n >= 5
gptkbp:namedAfter alternating permutations
gptkbp:notation A_n
gptkbp:order n!/2
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:algebra
gptkb:Galois_theory
group theory
combinatorics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:symmetric_group_S_n
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6