Minimal embeddings of small finite groups

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Department of Mathematics, Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland.

2 Department of Computing and Mathematics, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, Ireland

Abstract

We determine the groups of minimal order in which all groups of order $n$ can embedded for $ 1 \le n \le 15$‎. ‎We further determine the minimal order of a group in which all groups of order $n$ or less can be embedded‎, ‎also for $ 1 \le n \le 15$‎.

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Volume 9, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
September 2020
Pages 157-183
  • Receive Date: 16 August 2018
  • Revise Date: 18 February 2019
  • Accept Date: 22 February 2019
  • Published Online: 01 September 2020