Is a Semidirect Product Involving Z_7, Z_3, and Z_2 Isomorphic to Z_7 and Z_6?

[Artusartos]

Checking to see whether semidirect products are isomorphic.

Homework Statement

I want to simplify this semidrect product $(Z_7 \rtimes_{\bar{\alpha}} Z_3) \rtimes_{\alpha} Z_2$, but I'm not sure how. In other words, I want to see if this is isomorphic to (for example) $Z_7 \rtimes_{\alpha} Z_6$.

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The Attempt at a Solution

I know that $$Z_7 \rtimes_{\bar{\alpha}} Z_3$$ corresponds to the homomorphism $$\bar{\alpha}: Z_3 \rightarrow Z^{\times}_7$$, but what homomorphism does $$(Z_7 \rtimes_{\bar{\alpha}} Z_3) \rtimes_{\alpha} Z_2$$ correspond to? I need to know what $$Aut(Z_7 \rtimes_{\bar{\alpha}} Z_3)$$ is in order to look at $$\alpha: Z_2 \rightarrow Aut(Z_7 \rtimes_{\bar{\alpha}} Z_3)$$, right? But I'm not sure how to do that...

Thanks in advance

 

[mighty2000]

for any help!
Thank you for your question. I am a scientist and I would be happy to help you with your inquiry.

To simplify the semidirect product (Z_7 \rtimes_{\bar{\alpha}} Z_3) \rtimes_{\alpha} Z_2, we can use the following steps:

1. First, we need to understand the structure of the semidirect product (Z_7 \rtimes_{\bar{\alpha}} Z_3) \rtimes_{\alpha} Z_2. This is a group that is formed by combining two groups, Z_7 \rtimes_{\bar{\alpha}} Z_3 and Z_2, using the homomorphism \alpha: Z_2 \rightarrow Aut(Z_7 \rtimes_{\bar{\alpha}} Z_3). This means that the elements of the semidirect product are pairs (a, b) where a is an element of Z_7 \rtimes_{\bar{\alpha}} Z_3 and b is an element of Z_2.

2. Next, we need to determine the homomorphism \alpha. To do this, we can look at the automorphism group of Z_7 \rtimes_{\bar{\alpha}} Z_3, which is Aut(Z_7 \rtimes_{\bar{\alpha}} Z_3). This group consists of all the automorphisms of Z_7 \rtimes_{\bar{\alpha}} Z_3, which are functions that map elements of the group to other elements while preserving the group operation. The homomorphism \alpha maps elements of Z_2 to automorphisms in Aut(Z_7 \rtimes_{\bar{\alpha}} Z_3), so we can think of \alpha as a function that assigns an automorphism to each element of Z_2.

3. Now that we have determined the structure of the semidirect product and the homomorphism \alpha, we can simplify the product by finding an isomorphic group. In this case, we can see that the group Z_7 \rtimes_{\alpha} Z_6 is isomorphic to (Z_7 \rtimes_{\bar{\alpha}} Z_3) \rtimes_{\alpha} Z_2. This is because the homomorphism \alpha maps elements of Z_2 to automorphisms