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A: symmetric group - elements with an specific order

jacopoburelliBecause the cycle are disjoint they commute, so the order of the element $\sigma = \sigma_{1}\cdot \sigma_{2} = lcm(o(\sigma_{1}),o(\sigma_{2}))$, where $\sigma_{1} = (2\hspace{0.1cm} 1\hspace{0.1cm} 3 \hspace{0.1cm}4\hspace{0.1cm} 5 \hspace{0.1cm}6), \sigma_{2} = (7 \hspace{0.1cm} 8 \hspace{0.1c...

So like I want to know the elements of order 6 and the Euler function of 6 is 2, I conclude that there are only 2 elements of order 6 in H, am I right?
@Maialen Yes you are right. Notice that this only works since the subgroup is cyclic. Try to think for example to the number of transposition in $S_{3}$
Oh thanks! But how can I know which are those 2 elements of order 6?
@Maialen In general you can't. In this case you are seeking for elements of order six and since there are two, once noticed that the square of $\sigma$ works, the other one is free since $\sigma$ is not the inverse of itself. Of course consideration about the cycle structure can be done in order to semplify the calculus.
And the inverse is (1 6 4)(2 5 3)(7 10)(8 9) right?
11:36
@Maialen Yes exactly, you just have to invert the $3$-cycles
And I've got other question, How can I know if the (7 8)H and (8 10 9)H are equal?
I do not understood you notation, could you please explain it ?
I'm not sure but I think that in English are called lateral classes
Oh the quotient
the left class of (7 8) respect H and the left class of (8 10 9) respect H
I have to know if those two are equal
But for it, I have to multiply all the elements of H with (7 8) and then with (8 10 9)?
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Okay they can't be, you know that in a finite group the index of the subgroup is equal to the cardinality of the quotient group, since $H$ quotient by $\langle (12) \rangle$ has cardinality 6 and $H$ quotient by $\langle (8 10 9) \rangle$ has cardinality 4
How do you know those cardinalities? have you calculated all the elements and count them?
H in question has order 12, the subgroup generated by (8,9,10) has 3 instead (9,10) has 2
If this doesn't answer your question it's possible that i didn't understood the question
I think I've understood it, thank you very much! :)
12:27
perhaps are you italian?
 
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Hi again, I've got a doubt.. Can I say that the quotient groups (7 8)H and (8 10 9)H are not equal owing to the fact that the element (7 8)*identity (cause identity is an element from H) is into (7 8)H but is not into (8 9 10)H ???

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