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if G is afinite group show that the number of nonidentity element that satesfies the equation x^5=e is multiple of 4.
" e is identity"

2007-11-15 07:14:18 · 2 answers · asked by Dana S 1 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

2 answers

Let g be such an element.
Then g, g², g³ and g^4 also satisfy g ^5 = e.
If h is any other element such that h^5 = e, the
same is true for h. So for each such element
we have 4 nonidentity elements satisfying the relation,
and the total number of such elements must be
a multiple of 4.

2007-11-15 07:29:43 · answer #1 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 1 0

a^5=e, a<>e, then

{a, a^2, a^3, a^4} are all different and not equal to e.

All the elements of G of order 5 are part of one of these 4 element sets, all of them disjoint. Then, the number of elements of G of order 5 is a multiple of 4.

2007-11-15 15:32:20 · answer #2 · answered by GusBsAs 6 · 1 0

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