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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2004 iii Paper 2 1 b Solution by
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Put and choose a Sylow subgroup of . Since is normal, the Frattini argument gives : for , the Sylow subgroups and of are conjugate by an element of , leaving an element of . The non-generator property of the Frattini subgroup proved above forces . Thus every Sylow subgroup of is normal. Distinct such Sylow subgroups commute because their group commutators lie in their trivial intersection. Hence is a nilpotent normal subgroup, and
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