Cyclic subgroup

All prime-ordered groups are cyclic

If a group has prime order , then it must be cyclic, group i.e. isomorphic to .

Proof

Let be a group of prime order . By Lagrange’s theorem, only has subgroups of order and . Since , there exists such that . Then and therefore .

Clearly is a simple group.

See also

• p-group

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