Write with prime and . The Sylow theorems assert that a subgroup of order exists; every p-group subgroup is contained in a conjugate of a Sylow subgroup; all Sylow subgroups are conjugate; and their number satisfies and .
For the containment and conjugacy assertions, fix a Sylow subgroup and let any p-group subgroup act by left multiplication on the left cosets . By the orbit-stabilizer theorem, every orbit has size a power of . Since , at least one orbit has size one. If is such a fixed point, then for all , equivalently . Thus . If too has order , this inclusion is equality, proving conjugacy. This is Sylow containment from a coset fixed point.
Let act by left multiplication on the set of left cosets. Every orbit has size a power of , while
is not divisible by . Therefore at least one orbit has size one. If is fixed, then for every , so , equivalently
This is Sylow containment from a coset fixed point.
The remaining Sylow theorems state that Sylow -subgroups exist, that any two are conjugate, and that their number satisfies