cmi-entrance 2024 Q11

cmi-entrance · India · pgmath Not Maths
Let $n \geq 3$ be an integer. Write $D _ { 2 n }$ for the dihedral group with $2 n$ elements. Show that the automorphism group of $D _ { 2 n }$ has at most $n \varphi ( n )$ elements. (Here $\varphi ( n )$ is the number of positive integers that are relatively prime to $n$.)
Let $n \geq 3$ be an integer. Write $D _ { 2 n }$ for the dihedral group with $2 n$ elements. Show that the automorphism group of $D _ { 2 n }$ has at most $n \varphi ( n )$ elements. (Here $\varphi ( n )$ is the number of positive integers that are relatively prime to $n$.)