Paper 3, Section II, D

Groups
Part IA, 2014

(a) Let GG be a group, and NN a subgroup of GG. Define what it means for NN to be normal in GG, and show that if NN is normal then G/NG / N naturally has the structure of a group.

(b) For each of (i)-(iii) below, give an example of a non-trivial finite group GG and non-trivial normal subgroup NGN \leqslant G satisfying the stated properties.

(i) G/N×NGG / N \times N \simeq G.

(ii) There is no group homomorphism G/NGG / N \rightarrow G such that the composite G/NGG/NG / N \rightarrow G \rightarrow G / N is the identity.

(iii) There is a group homomorphism i:G/NGi: G / N \rightarrow G such that the composite G/NGG/NG / N \rightarrow G \rightarrow G / N is the identity, but the map

G/N×NG,(gN,n)i(gN)nG / N \times N \rightarrow G, \quad(g N, n) \mapsto i(g N) n

is not a group homomorphism.

Show also that for any NGN \leqslant G satisfying (iii), this map is always a bijection.