[GAP Forum] Find a Sylow p-subgroup contains the p-subgroup

Alexander Hulpke hulpke at me.com
Tue Oct 25 13:53:47 BST 2011


Dear Forum, Dear Luyen Le Van,

> Let G be a finite group and p be a prime. Suppose that Q is a p-subgroup of G.
> How to find a Sylow p-subgroup  of G containing Q ?

Compute a p-Sylow subgroup of N_G(Q). It will contain Q, and must be larger. Repeat until the correct order is obtained.

Best,

   Alexander Hulpke

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