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is metabelian. This is similar to the above example, as the elements are again affine maps. The translations of the plane form an abelian normal subgroup of the group, and the corresponding quotient is the
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Subgroups of metabelian groups are metabelian, as are images of metabelian groups over
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is metabelian. Here the abelian normal subgroup is the group of pure translations
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of order 24 is not metabelian, as its commutator subgroup is the non-abelian
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is metabelian. The same is true for any Heisenberg group defined over a
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is metabelian, as it has an abelian normal subgroup of index 2.
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is metabelian, as it has a cyclic normal subgroup of
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mathematics
group
commutator subgroup
abelian
normal subgroup
quotient group
group homomorphisms
solvable
derived length
dihedral group
index
generalized dihedral group
field
affine maps
isomorphic
homotheties
finite field
order
direct isometries
Euclidean plane
circle group
Heisenberg group
ring
upper-triangular
commutative ring
nilpotent groups
lamplighter group
symmetric group
alternating group
MSE

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