<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> In this note the usual Goursat lemma, which describes subgroups of the direct product of two groups, is generalized to describing subgroups of a direct product A1 × A2 × · · · × An of a finite number of groups. Other possible generalizations are discussed and applications characterizing several types of subgroups are given. Most of these applications are straightforward, while somewhat deeper applications occur in the case of profinite groups, cyclic groups, and the Sylow p-subgroups (including infinite groups that are virtual p-groups).</abstract>

In this note the usual Goursat lemma, which describes subgroups of the direct product of two groups, is generalized to describing subgroups of a direct product A1 × A2 × · · · × An of a finite number of groups. Other possible generalizations are discussed and applications characterizing several types of subgroups are given. Most of these applications are straightforward, while somewhat deeper applications occur in the case of profinite groups, cyclic groups, and the Sylow p-subgroups (including infinite groups that are virtual p-groups).

A generalized Goursat lemma

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In this note the usual Goursat lemma, which describes subgroups of the direct product of two groups, is generalized to describing subgroups of a direct product...

A generalized Goursat lemma

Publié en ligne: 19 févr. 2016

Pages: 1 - 19

Reçu: 02 nov. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/tmmp-2015-0039

Mots clés
Goursat’s lemma.

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

A generalized Goursat lemma

Publié en ligne: 19 févr. 2016

Pages: 1 - 19

Reçu: 02 nov. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/tmmp-2015-0039

Mots clésGoursat’s lemma.

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
Goursat’s lemma.