Heisenberg group over a prime field
ID: heisenberg-group-over-a-prime-field
Upper-unitriangular three-by-three matrices over the prime finite field form the finite analogue of the real Heisenberg group. In coordinates their multiplication is . The order is , and . For odd , every nonidentity element has order , but the group is nonabelian. For the exponent statement changes, so odd characteristic is essential for the nonisomorphic Gassmann equivalent regular subgroups construction.
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