p-groups #
This file contains a proof that if G
is a p
-group acting on a finite set α
,
then the number of fixed points of the action is congruent mod p
to the cardinality of α
.
It also contains proofs of some corollaries of this lemma about existence of fixed points.
A p-group is a group in which every element has prime power order
If G
is a p
-group acting on a finite set α
, then the number of fixed points
of the action is congruent mod p
to the cardinality of α
If a p-group acts on α
and the cardinality of α
is not a multiple
of p
then the action has a fixed point.
If a p-group acts on α
and the cardinality of α
is a multiple
of p
, and the action has one fixed point, then it has another fixed point.
finite p-groups with different p have coprime orders
p-groups with different p are disjoint