Paper 3, Section II, D
Part IA, 2015
(a) State and prove Lagrange's theorem.
(b) Let be a group and let be fixed subgroups of . For each , any set of the form is called an double coset, or simply a double coset if and are understood. Prove that every element of lies in some double coset, and that any two double cosets either coincide or are disjoint.
Let be a finite group. Which of the following three statements are true, and which are false? Justify your answers.
(i) The size of a double coset divides the order of .
(ii) Different double cosets for the same pair of subgroups have the same size.
(iii) The number of double cosets divides the order of .