Solution

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The quaternion group of order eight has a unique involution, which generates its center of a group. A nontrivial intersection is a nontrivial finite -group, so by Cauchy's theorem for finite groups it contains an involution. This must be both the unique involution of and the unique involution of . Thus .
It follows that . But is a normal Sylow subgroup of its normalizer, so it is that normalizer's unique Sylow subgroup. Hence . Distinct Sylow subgroups therefore intersect trivially. From the preceding result,
Of , only is congruent to modulo . Therefore , so is normal in .

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