Subisomorph-containing not implies homomorph-containing

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This article gives the statement and possibly, proof, of a non-implication relation between two subgroup properties. That is, it states that every subgroup satisfying the first subgroup property (i.e., subisomorph-containing subgroup) need not satisfy the second subgroup property (i.e., homomorph-containing subgroup)
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Statement

It is possible to have a group G and a subgroup H of G such that H is a subisomorph-containing subgroup of G (i.e., it contains any subgroup of G isomorphic to a subgroup of H), but H is not a homomorph-containing subgroup: there is a homomorphic image of H in G that is not contained in H.

In particular, this also shows that H is not a Subhomomorph-containing subgroup (?) of G.

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Proof

Further information: infinite dihedral group

Let G be the infinite dihedral group and H be the cyclic part:

G=a,xx2=e,xax=a1,H=a.

Then:

  • H is a subisomorph-containing subgroup of G: Every subgroup of G contained in H is either trivial or infinite cyclic. On the other hand, every element in G and outside H has order two. Thus, no subgroup of G outside H is isomorphic to a subgroup of H.
  • H is not a homomorph-containing subgroup of G: H is infinite cyclic and the group x, which is cyclic of order two in G and not contained in H, is a homomorphic image of H.