Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2024 ib Paper 1 9E a iii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-25
A Sylow -subgroup of has order four. Since has no element of order four, each is a Klein four-group. For every , take the identity and the three double transpositions fixing . For instance, the subgroup fixing isThese five point stabilizers are precisely the Sylow -subgroups. Indeed, the double transpositions occur three to each such subgroup, so there areof them. Together with the previous parts, this gives the Sylow subgroups of S3, S4 and A5.