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Cayley diagram

C4 #4

order4
nilpotency class1
isoclinismisoclinic class of C1
automorphismAut(G) = C2 (order 2) · Inn(G) = C1 · Out(G) = C2
holomorphG ⋊ Aut(G) = D4
homologyAbelianization (H1) = G · Schur multiplier (H2) = C1

Aliases

cyclicC4
multiplicative(ℤ/5)ˣ, (ℤ/10)ˣ

Subgroups

subgroupG/H
centerGC1
commutatorC1G
Frattini, socle, prime radical, cosocleC2C2
LCSG ▷ C1
UCSC1 ◁ G
LECSG ▷ C2 ▷ C1

3 conjugacy classes of subgroups.

Full subgroup data →

Presentation

minimal degreeμ(G) = 4
transitive degreeμt(G) = 4

A minimal faithful permutation representation — 1 generator on 4 points:

(1,2,3,4)

Conjugacy classes & character table

C1C2C3C4
size1111
order1424
χ11111
χ21i-1−i
χ31-11-1
χ41−i-1i

Here i is the imaginary unit (i² = −1).

Relationships

center ofM16, #41, C3⋊C8, …
derived subgroup ofD8, SD16, Q16, …
Frattini subgroup ofC8, C2×C8, M16, …
Fitting subgroup ofC4×A5, #6732, A5⋊C8, …
socle of#72258201, #72274291, #72290098
maximal subgroup ofC8, C2×C4, D4, …
maximal normal subgroup ofC8, C2×C4, D4, …
maximal quotient ofC8, C2×C4, Dic3, …
automorphism group ofC5, C2×C5
outer automorphism group ofC5, C2×C5, C5×D3, …

GAP

Construct this group in GAP via the SmallGroups library:

gap> SmallGroup(4, 1);