On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:10:46AM +0000, abdulhakeem alayiwola wrote: > why does Gap list for example Dihedral group of order 8 as pc group of size > 8 with 3 generators. when we know d8 has 2 generators?
The dihedral group can also be obtained as a permutation group DihedralGroup(IsPermGroup, 8); # Group([ (1,2,3,4), (2,4) ]) In this case, it has two generators. Hope this helps. Petr Savicky. _______________________________________________ Forum mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gap-system.org/mailman/listinfo/forum
