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Tuesday, 2 April 2013

A simple proof of Jordan-Holder

Theorem (Jordan-Holder) Any two composition series are equivalent.
proof: Induction of the length of the series. Suppose we have 1LG
and 1KG
then LKLG implies that KL/L is a normal subgroup of the composition factor G/L which being a simple group implies that KL=L or G
and similarly KL=K or G.

Suppose KLG, then L=K and we are done by induction. Suppose KL=G then by noether2 we have GLKLLKKL
and GKKLKLKL
therefore the composition series 1LG1LKLG1LKKG1KG
are equivalent.

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