Splitting in finite metacyclic groups
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It is well known that all finite metacyclic groups have a presentation of the form G = ‹a,x,aᵐ = 1,xˢaᵗ = 1,aˣ = aʳ›. The primary question that occupies this dissertation is determining under what conditions a group with such a presentation splits over the given normal subgroup ‹a›. Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for splitting, and techniques for finding complements are given in the cases where G splits over ‹a›. Several representative examples are examined in detail, and the splitting theorem is applied to give alternate proofs of theorems of Dedekind and Blackburn.Type
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Ph.D.Degree Level
doctoralDegree Program
Graduate CollegeMathematics