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G = D20  order 40 = 23·5

Dihedral group

metacyclic, supersoluble, monomial, 2-hyperelementary

Aliases: D20, C4⋊D5, C5⋊1D4, C20⋊1C2, D10⋊1C2, C2.4D10, C10.3C22, sometimes denoted D40 or Dih20 or Dih40, SmallGroup(40,6)

Series: Derived ►Chief ►Lower central ►Upper central

C1 — C10 — D20
C1 — C5 — C10 — D10 — D20
C5 — C10 — D20
C1 — C2 — C4

Generators and relations for D20
 G = < a,b | a20=b2=1, bab=a-1 >

10C2
10C2
5C22
5C22
2D5
2D5
5D4

Character table of D20

 class 12A2B2C45A5B10A10B20A20B20C20D
 size 111010222222222
ρ11111111111111    trivial
ρ211-11-11111-1-1-1-1    linear of order 2
ρ3111-1-11111-1-1-1-1    linear of order 2
ρ411-1-1111111111    linear of order 2
ρ52-200022-2-20000    orthogonal lifted from D4
ρ62200-2-1+√5/2-1-√5/2-1+√5/2-1-√5/21+√5/21-√5/21-√5/21+√5/2    orthogonal lifted from D10
ρ722002-1-√5/2-1+√5/2-1-√5/2-1+√5/2-1+√5/2-1-√5/2-1-√5/2-1+√5/2    orthogonal lifted from D5
ρ82200-2-1-√5/2-1+√5/2-1-√5/2-1+√5/21-√5/21+√5/21+√5/21-√5/2    orthogonal lifted from D10
ρ922002-1+√5/2-1-√5/2-1+√5/2-1-√5/2-1-√5/2-1+√5/2-1+√5/2-1-√5/2    orthogonal lifted from D5
ρ102-2000-1-√5/2-1+√5/21+√5/21-√5/2-ζ43ζ54+ζ43ζ5-ζ4ζ53+ζ4ζ52ζ4ζ53-ζ4ζ52ζ43ζ54-ζ43ζ5    orthogonal faithful
ρ112-2000-1+√5/2-1-√5/21-√5/21+√5/2ζ4ζ53-ζ4ζ52-ζ43ζ54+ζ43ζ5ζ43ζ54-ζ43ζ5-ζ4ζ53+ζ4ζ52    orthogonal faithful
ρ122-2000-1+√5/2-1-√5/21-√5/21+√5/2-ζ4ζ53+ζ4ζ52ζ43ζ54-ζ43ζ5-ζ43ζ54+ζ43ζ5ζ4ζ53-ζ4ζ52    orthogonal faithful
ρ132-2000-1-√5/2-1+√5/21+√5/21-√5/2ζ43ζ54-ζ43ζ5ζ4ζ53-ζ4ζ52-ζ4ζ53+ζ4ζ52-ζ43ζ54+ζ43ζ5    orthogonal faithful

Permutation representations of D20
►On 20 points - transitive group 20T10
Generators in S20
(1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20)
(1 15)(2 14)(3 13)(4 12)(5 11)(6 10)(7 9)(16 20)(17 19)
 
G:=sub<Sym(20)| (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20), (1,15)(2,14)(3,13)(4,12)(5,11)(6,10)(7,9)(16,20)(17,19)>;
 
G:=Group( (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20), (1,15)(2,14)(3,13)(4,12)(5,11)(6,10)(7,9)(16,20)(17,19) );
 
G=PermutationGroup([[(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20)], [(1,15),(2,14),(3,13),(4,12),(5,11),(6,10),(7,9),(16,20),(17,19)]])
 
G:=TransitiveGroup(20,10);
 

D20 is a maximal subgroup of
 C40⋊C2  D40  D4⋊D5  Q8⋊D5  C4○D20  D4×D5  Q8⋊2D5  C3⋊D20  D60  D100  C5⋊D20  C20⋊D5  C7⋊D20  D140  C32⋊D20  C11⋊D20  D220
D20 is a maximal quotient of
 C40⋊C2  D40  Dic20  C4⋊Dic5  D10⋊C4  C3⋊D20  D60  D100  C5⋊D20  C20⋊D5  C7⋊D20  D140  C32⋊D20  C11⋊D20  D220

Matrix representation of D20 ►in GL2(𝔽19) generated by

018
111
,
116
188
G:=sub<GL(2,GF(19))| [0,1,18,11],[11,18,6,8] >;
 

D20 in GAP, Magma, Sage, TeX

D_{20}
 
% in TeX
 
G:=Group("D20");
 
// GroupNames label
 
G:=SmallGroup(40,6);
 
// by ID
 
G=gap.SmallGroup(40,6);
 
# by ID
 
G:=PCGroup([4,-2,-2,-2,-5,49,21,515]);
 
// Polycyclic
 
G:=Group<a,b|a^20=b^2=1,b*a*b=a^-1>;
 
// generators/relations
 

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Subgroup lattice of D20 in TeX
Character table of D20 in TeX

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