Generalized quaternion group

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Definition

A generalized quaternion group is a group of order 2k+1 with generators x and a such that the group has the presentation:

<a,x|x2=a2k=1,xax1=a1>

Equivalently, it is the dicyclic group with parameter 2k.

For the particular case k=2, we recover the quaternion group.