LATTICE OF SUBGROUPS

In mathematics, the 'lattice of subgroups' of a group $G$ is the lattice whose elements are the subgroups of $G$, with the partial order relation being set inclusion.
In this lattice, the join of two subgroups is the subgroup generated by their union, and the meet of two subgroups is their intersection.
Lattice theoretic information about the lattice of subgroups can sometimes be used to infer information about the original group. For instance, a group is locally cyclic if and only if its lattice of subgroups is distributive.

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Example

The dihedral group Dih₄ has ten subgroups, counting itself and the trivial subgroup. Five of the eight group elements generate subgroups of order two, and two others generate the same cyclic group C₄. In addition, there are two groups of the form C₂×C₂, generated by pairs of order-two elements. The lattice formed by these ten subgroups is shown in the illustration.

See also

★ Zassenhaus lemma

References

★ The significance of the system of subgroups for the structure of the group, Baer, Reinhold; Hausdorff, Felix, , , American Journal of Mathematics, 1939

★ Nachweis der Existenz nicht-isomorpher Gruppen von gleicher Situation der Untergruppen, Rottlaender, Ada, , , Mathematische Zeitschrift, 1928

★ Subgroup Lattices of Groups, Schmidt, Roland, , , Expositions in Math, vol. 14, de Gruyter, 1994, Review by Ralph Freese in Bull. AMS '33' (4): 487–492.

★ On the lattice of subgroups of finite groups, Suzuki, Michio, , , Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 1951

★ Structure of a Group and the Structure of its Lattice of Subgroups, Suzuki, Michio, , , Springer Verlag, 1956,

★ Conditions under which a lattice is isomorphic to a lattice of subgroups of a group, Yakovlev, B. V., , , Algebra and Logic, 1974

External link

★ PlanetMath entry on lattice of subgroups