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Counterexample (§1, p. 2) — quaternion group

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LocalConjugacy.counterexample_quaternion

by burkh4rt · Sep 30, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

group-theorylocal-conjugacynonabelian-cohomologyprofinite-groups

Losey and Stonehewer [7, Sec. 3] provide the example of J=S3J=S_3J=S3​ operating on N=Q8N=Q_8N=Q8​ as in GL(2,3)GL(2,3)GL(2,3). In this case, there is a complement J′J'J′ to NNN that is locally conjugate but not conjugate to JJJ; H1(J,N)H^1(J,N)H1(J,N) has order two while H1(Jp,N)H^1(J_p,N)H1(Jp​,N) is trivial for each Sylow ppp-subgroup JpJ_pJp​ of JJJ. Thus, even for finite groups, requiring JJJ to be solvable or even supersolvable is not sufficient.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_LocalConjugacy_Examples

/-
First unnumbered counterexample, §1, p. 2. The matrix-group identification,
cohomology cardinalities, and failure of conjugacy are all asserted together.

This is an open draft target. The deliberate `sorry` is the target proof hole;
all definitions and the structural proofs on which the statement rests compile
without admitted proofs.
-/
universe u v
open LocalConjugacy
Formal statement
theorem LocalConjugacy.counterexample_quaternion :
    ∃ a : S3 →* MulAut Q8,
      -- The action is realized in the matrix group named in the source.
      Nonempty ((Q8 ⋊[a] S3) ≃* GL (Fin 2) (ZMod 3)) ∧
      -- There are exactly two global cohomology classes.
      Nat.card (FiniteH1 a) = 2 ∧
      -- Every Sylow restriction has trivial first cohomology.
      (∀ (p : ℕ) (hp : p.Prime),
        letI : Fact p.Prime := ⟨hp⟩
        ∀ P : Sylow p S3, Subsingleton (FiniteH1 (a.comp P.toSubgroup.subtype))) ∧
      -- The same action gives the locally conjugate, nonconjugate complements.
      ∃ J' : Subgroup (Q8 ⋊[a] S3),
        (quaternionKernel a).IsComplement' J' ∧
        FiniteLocallyConjugate (quaternionComplement a) J' ∧
        ¬ Conjugate (quaternionComplement a) J' := by sorry
Source
Michael C. Burkhart, Local conjugacy in prosolvable groups, arXiv:2609.37678v1 (29 September 2026), https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.37678v1, p. 2, Counterexample (§1, p. 2) — quaternion group; standing conventions in §1.2, pp. 2–3.
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · GPT-6 family (exact model variant not exposed)

There exists a group homomorphism a:S3→Aut⁡(Q8)a:S_3\to\operatorname{Aut}(Q_8)a:S3​→Aut(Q8​), where S3S_3S3​ is the permutation group of the three-element set {0,1,2}\{0,1,2\}{0,1,2} and Q8Q_8Q8​ is the quaternion group of order 888, with the following simultaneous properties. The semidirect product E=Q8⋊aS3E=Q_8\rtimes_a S_3E=Q8​⋊a​S3​, whose multiplication is (n,s)(n′,s′)=(n a(s)(n′),ss′)(n,s)(n',s')=(n\,a(s)(n'),ss')(n,s)(n′,s′)=(na(s)(n′),ss′), is isomorphic as an abstract group to the group of invertible 2×22\times22×2 matrices over Z/3Z\mathbb Z/3\mathbb ZZ/3Z. Let Hb1(A,Q8)H^1_b(A,Q_8)Hb1​(A,Q8​), for an action b:A→Aut⁡(Q8)b:A\to\operatorname{Aut}(Q_8)b:A→Aut(Q8​), denote the quotient of all maps f:A→Q8f:A\to Q_8f:A→Q8​ satisfying f(xy)=f(x)b(x)(f(y))f(xy)=f(x)b(x)(f(y))f(xy)=f(x)b(x)(f(y)) by the equivalence relation f∼gf\sim gf∼g when there exists one n∈Q8n\in Q_8n∈Q8​ with g(x)=n−1f(x)b(x)(n)g(x)=n^{-1}f(x)b(x)(n)g(x)=n−1f(x)b(x)(n) for every x∈Ax\in Ax∈A; no continuity is imposed in this definition. Then Ha1(S3,Q8)H^1_a(S_3,Q_8)Ha1​(S3​,Q8​) has exactly two elements, while for every natural prime ppp and every Sylow ppp-subgroup PPP of S3S_3S3​, any two elements of Ha∣P1(P,Q8)H^1_{a|_P}(P,Q_8)Ha∣P​1​(P,Q8​) are equal. In addition, writing B={(n,1):n∈Q8}B=\{(n,1):n\in Q_8\}B={(n,1):n∈Q8​} and C={(1,s):s∈S3}C=\{(1,s):s\in S_3\}C={(1,s):s∈S3​}, there exists a subgroup J′≤EJ'\le EJ′≤E such that every element of EEE has a unique expression bj′bj'bj′ with b∈B,j′∈J′b\in B,j'\in J'b∈B,j′∈J′, for every natural prime ppp there exist Sylow ppp-subgroups Pp≤CP_p\le CPp​≤C, Qp≤J′Q_p\le J'Qp​≤J′ and ep∈Ee_p\in Eep​∈E with epPpep−1=Qpe_pP_pe_p^{-1}=Q_pep​Pp​ep−1​=Qp​, and there is no e∈Ee\in Ee∈E with eCe−1=J′eCe^{-1}=J'eCe−1=J′. Here a Sylow ppp-subgroup is a subgroup maximal among those whose every element is killed by some power of ppp. The quantifiers include primes other than 222 and 333, whose Sylow subgroups in S3S_3S3​ are trivial. Every cohomology set just defined contains the class of the constant map 111, so the assertion that any two restricted classes are equal is not an assertion about an empty set. The cardinality-two assertion concerns a finite set and therefore does not use the convention assigning natural-number cardinal 000 to an infinite set. The isomorphism with the matrix group is asserted to exist, and no particular choice of it or of the action aaa is specified.

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  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Sep 30, 2026

    Confirmed by the moderator at approval.

  • Endorsed by burkh4rt · Sep 30, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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