Definition:Minimal Subgroup

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Definition

Let $G$ be a group.

Let $M \le G$ be a non-trivial subgroup of $G$.


Then $M$ is a minimal subgroup of $G$ if and only if:

For every subgroup $H$ of $G$, $H \subseteq M$ means $H = M$ or $H = \set e$.


That is, if and only if there is no subgroup of $M$, except $M$ and $\set e$ itself, which is a subset of $M$.


Also see

  • Results about minimal subgroups can be found here.


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