Upward-closed normal subgroup
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This property of a normal subgroup is completely characterized by the abstract isomorphism class of the quotient group
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Definition
Symbol-free definition
A subgroup of a group is termed upward-closed normal if it satisfies the following equivalent conditions:
- Every subgroup intermediate between the given subgroup and the whole group, is normal in the whole group.
- It is normal and the quotient group is a Dedekind group, viz all subgroups of the quotient group are normal in it.
Definition with symbols
A subgroup of a group
is termed upward-closed normal if it satisfies the following equivalent conditions:
- For any subgroup
such that
,
.
-
, and the quotient group
is a Dedekind group, viz., all its subgroups are normal.
In terms of the upward closure operator
The property of being an upward-closed normal subgroup is obtained by applying the upward closure operator to the subgroup property of being normal.
Relation with other properties
Stronger properties
Weaker properties
Metaproperties
Transitivity
NO: This subgroup property is not transitive: a subgroup with this property in a subgroup with this property, need not have the property in the whole group
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Clearly, an upward-closed normal subgroup of an upward-closed normal subgroup need not be normal. In fact, in any solvable non-Abelian group, the second derived subgroup is an upward-closed normal subgroup of an upward-closed normal subgroup, yet it is usually not itself upward-closed normal.
Intermediate subgroup condition
YES: This subgroup property satisfies the intermediate subgroup condition: if a subgroup has the property in the whole group, it has the property in every intermediate subgroup.
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The property of being upward-closed normal satisfies the intermediate subgroup condition, viz if and
is upward-closed normal in
,
is also upward-closed normal in
. This follows essentially from the fact that normality satisfies the intermediate subgroup condition.
Trimness
The property of being upward-closed normal is not trivially true. However, it is an identity-true subgroup property, viz every group is upward-closed normal as a subgroup of itself.