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Cayley diagram

A6 #67188

order360
isoclinismisoclinic class of A6
automorphismAut(G) = PΓL(2,𝔽9) (order 1440) · Inn(G) = G · Out(G) = C22
homologyAbelianization (H1) = C1 · Schur multiplier (H2) = C2×C3

Aliases

alternatingA6
projective special linearPSL(2,𝔽9)
projective symplecticPSp(2,𝔽9)
omegaΩ−(4,𝔽3)
projective special unitaryPSU(2,𝔽9)

Subgroups

subgroupG/H
center, Frattini, hypercenterC1G
commutator, hypocenterGC1
LCSG
UCSC1

22 conjugacy classes of subgroups.

Full subgroup data →

Presentation

minimal degreeμ(G) = 6
transitive degreeμt(G) = 6

A minimal faithful permutation representation — 2 generators on 6 points:

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

Conjugacy classes & character table

C1C2C3C4C5C6C7
size1404045727290
order1332554
χ11111111
χ252-1100-1
χ35-12100-1
χ48-1-101−521+520
χ58-1-101+521−520
χ69001-1-11
χ71011-2000

Relationships

derived subgroup ofS6, PGL(2,𝔽9), #10624296, …
socle ofS6, PGL(2,𝔽9), #10624296, …
maximal subgroup ofS6, PGL(2,𝔽9), #10624296, …
maximal normal subgroup ofS6, PGL(2,𝔽9), #10624296, …
maximal quotient ofSL(2,𝔽9), C2×A6, #11761914, …

GAP

Construct this group in GAP via the SmallGroups library:

gap> SmallGroup(360, 118);