Bourbaki

Corollary 3

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Algebra, chapter I, § 6. Extensions, solvable groups, nilpotent groups

Let G be a nilpotent group and H a subgroup of G. If G = H.(G, G), then G = H.

Every subgroup N of G which contains H and such that G/N is commutative contains H.(G, G). Corollary 3 thus follows from Corollary 2.

Corollary 3 can also be formulated thus: let X be a subset of G. For X to generate G, it is necessary and sufficient that the image of X in G/D(G) generate G/D(G).

Bourbaki puts the proof directly after the statement, so what is above is the statement and its proof together.

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Transcribed from the printed edition, 1998, Springer. Not translated.