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Sylow subgroup of a subgroup from double cosets

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If P is a Sylow subgroup of a finite group G and H≤G, some intersection H∩xPx−1 is a Sylow subgroup of H. Otherwise every double-coset size
∣HxP∣=∣H∩xPx−1∣∣H∣∣P∣​
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would be divisible by a larger power of p than ∣G∣, as would their sum ∣G∣.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2021 / ib / Paper 4 / 9G / Solution

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