Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2004 iii Paper 2 1 e Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Put and let be the full preimage of in . The preceding part gives , so the normal nilpotent image lies in .
For the reverse inclusion, choose a Sylow subgroup of . Its image is the unique Sylow subgroup of the nilpotent group , hence a characteristic subgroup there and normal in . Thus . The subgroup is also a Sylow subgroup of : the p-part of lies in , because is a Sylow subgroup of the normal subgroup of . Apply the Frattini argument to :The Frattini subgroup property forces . Hence every Sylow subgroup of is normal, so is a nilpotent group and . Together the inclusions proveThis is Frattini lifting of nilpotence; simply calling an extension of nilpotent groups nilpotent would not establish it.