Semidirect product
This file defines semidirect products of groups, and the canonical maps in and out of the
semidirect product. The semidirect product of N and G given a hom φ from
φ from G to the automorphism group of N is the product of sets with the group
⟨n₁, g₁⟩ * ⟨n₂, g₂⟩ = ⟨n₁ * φ g₁ n₂, g₁ * g₂⟩
Key definitions
There are two homs into the semidirect product inl : N →* N ⋊[φ] G and
inr : G →* N ⋊[φ] G, and lift can be used to define maps N ⋊[φ] G →* H
out of the semidirect product given maps f₁ : N →* H and f₂ : G →* H that satisfy the
condition ∀ n g, f₁ (φ g n) = f₂ g * f₁ n * f₂ g⁻¹
Notation
This file introduces the global notation N ⋊[φ] G for semidirect_product N G φ
Tags
group, semidirect product
- left : N
- right : G
The semidirect product of groups N and G, given a map φ from G to the automorphism
group of N. It the product of sets with the group operation
⟨n₁, g₁⟩ * ⟨n₂, g₂⟩ = ⟨n₁ * φ g₁ n₂, g₁ * g₂⟩
Define a group hom N ⋊[φ] G →* H, by defining maps N →* H and G →* H
Define a map from N ⋊[φ] G to N₁ ⋊[φ₁] G₁ given maps N →* N₁ and G →* G₁ that
satisfy a commutativity condition ∀ n g, f₁ (φ g n) = φ₁ (f₂ g) (f₁ n).