[Math] Infinite Dihedral Group.

abstract-algebragroup-theory

Let $D_{\infty}= \langle x,y \mid x^2=y^2=1\rangle$ be the infinite dihedral group. Are the following statements true?

  1. Since $G$ is not torsionfree, $\mathbb{Q}[G]$ is not a domain.

  2. $D_{\infty}$ is an infinite subgroup of $G= \langle x,y \mid x^2=y^2\rangle$.

  3. The infinite dihedral group has a free abelian subgroup $F$ generated by $\langle x y \rangle$ of rank one and index $2$, and thus normal. $F$ is also subgroup of $G$.

Best Answer

  1. Yes, it is not a domain.

  2. No, it is a factor group.

  3. Yes.