Finite groups of order not divisible by 4 are solvable #2496
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| ## index 2, hence |N| = m. | ||
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| ## By the odd order theorem, N is solvable, and so is G. Thus the order of | ||
| ## any non-solvable finite group is a multiple of 4. | ||
| InstallImmediateMethod( IsSolvableGroup, IsGroup and HasSize, 10, | ||
| function( G ) | ||
| G:= Size( G ); |
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I appreciate that this is not code added in the patch, but personally I really don't like
this reuse of G. Adding a new local variable would add one line of source and 8 bytes of stack frame.
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This is a simple extension of the odd order theorem. See comment inside the patch.
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This is a simple extension of the odd order theorem. See comment
inside the patch.