I can see that the Sylow 7-subgroups of a group of order 56 must have trivial intersection due to Lagranges theorem, but why does this nor apply to the Sylow 2-subgroups?
2026-03-27 08:46:05.1774601165
Why must the Sylow 2-subgroup of an order 56 group have non-trivial intersection
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The only possible subgroups of a group of order $7$ are the trivial group and the whole group. The intersection of two subgroups is of a larger group itself a subgroup. Two subgroups of order $7$ therefore either intersect in a subgroup of order $7$ i.e. they are identical, or in a subgroup of order $1$.
Subgroups of order $8$ can intersect in non-trivial subgroups of order $2$ or order $4$.