alternating groups

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
group theory concept
gptkbp:A_1 trivial group
gptkbp:A_2 trivial group
gptkbp:A_3 cyclic group of order 3
gptkbp:A_3_is_abelian true
gptkbp:A_3_isomorphic_to cyclic group of order 3
gptkbp:A_4 group of order 12
gptkbp:A_4_is_abelian false
gptkbp:A_4_is_solvable true
gptkbp:A_4_isomorphic_to group of even permutations on 4 elements
gptkbp:A_5 group of order 60
gptkbp:A_5_is_abelian false
gptkbp:A_5_is_not_solvable true
gptkbp:A_5_is_the_smallest_non-abelian_simple_group true
gptkbp:A_5_isomorphic_to gptkb:icosahedral_group
simple group of order 60
gptkbp:A_n_is_a_normal_subgroup_of_S_n true
gptkbp:A_n_is_a_subgroup_of_S_n true
gptkbp:A_n_is_doubly_transitive for n ≥ 4
gptkbp:A_n_is_generated_by_3-cycles true
gptkbp:A_n_is_index_2_subgroup_of_S_n true
gptkbp:A_n_is_non-abelian for n ≥ 4
gptkbp:A_n_is_not_simple for n < 5
gptkbp:A_n_is_not_solvable for n ≥ 5
gptkbp:A_n_is_primitive for n ≥ 5
gptkbp:A_n_is_simple for n ≥ 5
gptkbp:A_n_is_the_commutator_subgroup_of_S_n for n ≥ 5
gptkbp:A_n_is_the_kernel_of_the_sign_homomorphism from S_n to {1, -1}
gptkbp:A_n_is_transitive true
gptkbp:A_n_is_used_in gptkb:Galois_theory
classification of finite simple groups
algebraic equations
permutation group theory
solvability of polynomials
gptkbp:defines group of even permutations of n elements
gptkbp:hasNormalSubgroup gptkb:symmetric_group_S_n
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label alternating groups
gptkbp:isA gptkb:group_of_people
simple group (for n ≥ 5)
subgroup of symmetric group
gptkbp:isNonAbelian false (for n ≥ 4)
gptkbp:isSimple true (for n ≥ 5)
gptkbp:notation A_n
gptkbp:order n!/2
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:sporadic_groups
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6