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In mathematics, specifically group theory, a descendant tree is a hierarchical structure for visualizing parent-descendant relations between isomorphism classes of finite groups of prime power order , for a fixed prime number and varying integer exponents . Such groups are briefly called ''finite'' ''p-groups''. The ''vertices'' of a descendant tree are isomorphism classes of finite ''p''-groups. Additionally to their ''order'' , finite ''p''-groups have two further related invariants, the ''nilpotency class'' and the coclass . It turned out that descendant trees of a particular kind, the so-called pruned coclass trees whose infinitely many vertices share a common coclass , reveal a repeating finite pattern. These two crucial properties of finiteness and periodicity admit a characterization of all members of the tree by finitely many parametrized presentations. Consequently, descendant trees play a fundamental role in the classification of finite ''p''-groups. By means of kernels and targets of Artin transfer homomorphisms, descendant trees can be endowed with additional structure. An important question is how the descendant tree can actually be constructed for an assigned starting group which is taken as the root of the tree. The ''p''-group generation algorithm is a recursive process for constructing the descendant tree of a forgiven finite ''p''-group playing the role of the tree root. This algorithm is implemented in the computational algebra systems GAP and Magma. ==Definitions and terminology== According to M. F. Newman ,〔 〕 there exist several distinct definitions of the parent of a finite ''p''-group . The common principle is to form the quotient of by a suitable normal subgroup which can be either :# the centre of , whence is called the ''central quotient'' of , or :# the last non-trivial term of the lower central series of , where denotes the nilpotency class of , or :# the last non-trivial term of the lower exponent-''p'' central series of , where denotes the exponent-''p'' class of , or :# the last non-trivial term of the derived series of , where denotes the derived length of . In each case, is called an immediate descendant of and a ''directed edge'' of the tree is defined either by in the direction of the canonical projection onto the quotient or by in the opposite direction, which is more usual for descendant trees. The former convention is adopted by C. R. Leedham-Green and M. F. Newman ,〔 〕 by M. du Sautoy and D. Segal ,〔 〕 by C. R. Leedham-Green and S. McKay ,〔 〕 and by B. Eick, C. R. Leedham-Green, M. F. Newman and E. A. O'Brien .〔 〕 The latter definition is used by M. F. Newman ,〔 by M. F. Newman and E. A. O'Brien ,〔 〕 by M. du Sautoy ,〔 〕 and by B. Eick and C. R. Leedham-Green .〔 〕 In the following, the direction of the canonical projections is selected for all edges. Then, more generally, a vertex is a descendant of a vertex , and is an ancestor of , if either is equal to or there is a ''path'' , with , of directed edges from to . The vertices forming the path necessarily coincide with the ''iterated parents'' of , with : , with , In the most important special case (P2) of parents defined as last non-trivial lower central quotients, they can also be viewed as the successive ''quotients'' ''of class'' of when the nilpotency class of is given by : , with . Generally, the descendant tree of a vertex is the subtree of all descendants of , starting at the root . The maximal possible descendant tree of the trivial group contains all finite ''p''-groups and is somewhat exceptional, since, for any parent definition (P1–P4), the trivial group has infinitely many abelian ''p''-groups as its immediate descendants. The parent definitions (P2–P3) have the advantage that any non-trivial finite ''p''-group (of order divisible by ) possesses only finitely many immediate descendants. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Descendant tree (group theory)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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