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Normality is not transitive and prime index only forces it for the smallest prime

Let G1G_{1} and G2G_{2} be subgroups of a group G. Which of the following statements are true?

  1. A.If G1G_{1} is normal in G, then (G2G1)/G1≅G2/(G2∩G1)(G_{2}G_{1})/G_{1} \cong G_{2}/(G_{2} \cap G_{1}).✓ Correct
  2. B.If H1H_{1} and H2H_{2} are normal subgroups of G1G_{1} and G2G_{2}, respectively, then (G1×G2)/(H1×H2)≅(G1/H1)×(G2/H2)(G_{1} \times G_{2})/(H_{1} \times H_{2}) \cong (G_{1}/H_{1}) \times (G_{2}/H_{2}).✓ Correct
  3. C.If G1G_{1} is normal in G2G_{2} and G2G_{2} is normal in G, then G1G_{1} is normal in G.
  4. D.Every subgroup of prime index in G is normal.

You have the answer. Trap Analysis is why the other three were written.

Not a worked solution repeated four times — the specific reasoning error each wrong option was built to reward, and why this one tests property not inherited.

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The trap it tests

Property not inherited

A property assumed to pass to subobjects, quotients, or through a chain. It does not.

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Related counterexample: Converse of Lagrange: d | |G| ⇒ subgroup of order d

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The chapter behind this: Normal subgroups, quotients and the isomorphism theorems — free to read

From Groups › Normal subgroups, quotients, isomorphism theorems

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