When I look up the presentation of the holomorph of $\mathbb Z/5 \mathbb Z$ it reads like the following: $\left\langle a,b \mid a^5 = 1, b^4 = 1, bab^{-1} = a^2\right\rangle$
See https://groupprops.subwiki.org/wiki/General_affine_group:GA(1,5)
The automorphisms of $N := \mathbb Z/5 \mathbb Z$ are as follows $Aut(N) = \{\iota, \psi, \psi^2, \psi^3\}$ where $\psi: \mathbb Z/5 \mathbb Z \to \mathbb Z/5 \mathbb Z$ via $x \mapsto 3\cdot x$ and $\iota: \mathbb Z/5 \mathbb Z \to \mathbb Z/5 \mathbb Z$ via $x \mapsto x$. This means in detail:
- $\psi(x) = 3\cdot x$
- $\psi^2(x) = -x$
- $\psi^3(x) = 2\cdot x$
- $\psi^4(x) = x$
Define the holomorph of $N$ as $G := N \rtimes Aut(N)$ via $(g_1, \eta_1)\star (g_2, \eta_2) := (g_1 + \eta_1(g_2), \eta_1\circ\eta_2)$. Note $(0,\iota)$ is the identity element in $G$.
Define (possible) generators $x := (1,\iota)$ and $y := (0, \psi)$ of $G$.
- $x^2 = (1,\iota)\star (1,\iota) = (1 + \iota(1),\iota\circ\iota) = (1 + 1,\iota\circ\iota) = (2,\iota)$
- $x^3 = (1+2,\iota) = (3,\iota)$
- $x^4 = (4,\iota)$
- $x^5 = (0,\iota)$
- $y^2 = (0, \psi) \star (0, \psi) = (0 + \psi(0), \psi\circ\psi) = (0+0,\psi^2) = (0,\psi^2)$
- $y^3 = (0, \psi^3)$
- $y^4 = (0, \psi^4) = (0,\iota)$
- $y\star x \star y^{-1} = (0, \psi)\star (1,\iota) \star (0, \psi^3) = (0+\psi(1),\psi) \star (0, \psi^3) = (3,\psi) \star (0, \psi^3) = (3+\psi(0),\psi^4) = (3,\iota)= x^3$
So, everything works out except for $y\star x \star y^{-1} =x^3$ instead of $y\star x \star y^{-1} = x^2$ as in the presentation given above.
Questions:
- Did I make an error? (I apologize if it is obvious to you.)
- Are the presentations $\left\langle a,b \mid a^5 = 1, b^4 = 1, bab^{-1} = a^2\right\rangle$ and $\left\langle a,b \mid a^5 = 1, b^4 = 1, bab^{-1} = a^3\right\rangle$ equivalent? If so, is there an easy argument?
Thank you for your thoughts!
Let let $x := (1,\iota)$ and $y := (0, \psi^3)$ as motivated by the comment of Tobias Kildetoft above.