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Cayley diagram

Q8 #13

order8
nilpotency class2
isoclinismisoclinic class of D4
automorphismAut(G) = S4 (order 24) · Inn(G) = C22 · Out(G) = D3
holomorphG ⋊ Aut(G) = #5935
homologyAbelianization (H1) = C22 · Schur multiplier (H2) = C1

Aliases

dicyclicDic2
quaternionQ8
extraspecial2−1+2

Subgroups

subgroupG/H
center, commutator, Frattini, socle, prime radical, cosocleC2C22
LCSG ▷ C2 ▷ C1
UCSC1 ◁ C2 ◁ G
LECSG ▷ C2 ▷ C1

6 conjugacy classes of subgroups.

Full subgroup data →

Presentation

minimal degreeμ(G) = 8
transitive degreeμt(G) = 8

A minimal faithful permutation representation — 2 generators on 8 points:

(1,2,3,4)(5,8,7,6);(1,5,3,7)(2,6,4,8)

Polycyclic presentation:

2^3|a^2=c,b^2=c,b^a=bc

Conjugacy classes & character table

C1C2C3C4C5
size11222
order12444
χ111111
χ2111-1-1
χ311-11-1
χ411-1-11
χ52-2000

Relationships

derived subgroup ofSL(2,𝔽3), C2×SL(2,𝔽3), #41⋊C3, …
Fitting subgroup ofSL(2,𝔽3), #226, GL(2,𝔽3), …
maximal subgroup ofSD16, Q16, C2×Q8, …
maximal normal subgroup ofSD16, Q16, C2×Q8, …
maximal quotient ofC4⋊C4, C2×Q8, Dic6, …

GAP

Construct this group in GAP via the SmallGroups library:

gap> SmallGroup(8, 4);