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``Re: alternative notation'' by yark on 2006-09-17 14:24:17
Wkbj79 wrote (three months ago):

> I guess that is the force of my complaint
> about the notation H char G: that it's not
> very elegant. I also don't like the fact
> that it in no way resembles the other group
> inclusion notations, such as "is a subgroup of"
> and "is a normal subgroup of".

In fact there are a number of similar notations for subgroups - char just happens to be the most common. Here are those I can think of off-hand:

 H asc G (ascendant)
 H char G (characteristic)
 H per G (permutable)
 H sn G (subnormal)
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