1. ## Sylow subgroup question

If H is a normal subgroup of a finite group G and |H|=p^K for some prime p, show H is contained in every p-Sylow subgroup of G. I am totally lost on this one, if anyone could help me it would be great

2. Originally Posted by aabsdr
If H is a normal subgroup of a finite group G and |H|=p^K for some prime p, show H is contained in every p-Sylow subgroup of G. I am totally lost on this one, if anyone could help me it would be great
Hint: Any two Sylow-p subgroups of G are conjugate, and H is a subgroup of G, which is invariant under conjugation by members of G (see here).

3. so here is what I have so far:
Let G be a finite group with H a normal subgroup of G such that |G|=p^k for some prime p. By Sylow's second theroem, H is contained in some Sylow p-subgroup of G. Sylow's third thereom says that any two Sylow p-subgroups of G are conjugate.
I am not sure after this, is that any two Sylow 0-subgroups being conjugate enough to show that H is contanied in ever p_Sylow subgroup of G since we know it is contained in one of the p-Sylow subgroups of G?
Sorry i am kind of slow on some of this stuff, i really appreciate the help.

4. Suppose $H\subseteq P$, where $P$ is some $p$-Sylow subgroup. Then, if $Q$ is another $p$-Sylow subgroup, we can find $g\in G$ so that $Q=gPg^{-1}$. Then, we know that $gHg^{-1}\subseteq Q$, but what is this?

5. Then, we know that gHg^{-1}\subseteq Q, but what is this?

So H conjugate is contained in Q, but I am not sure what that is telling me. Could you explain a little more please?

6. You know that $H$ is normal in $G$. What can you say about $gHg^{-1}$?

7. You know that H is normal in G. What can you say about gHg^{-1}?
gHg^{-1} is normal in G, right?

8. Yes, but you can say something a lot more specific.

What does it even mean to be normal in $G$?

9. If H is a normal subgroup of G than aH=Ha for all a in G. so aH(a^-1)=H, which means that if H conjugate is contained in Q, than H is contained in Q, right? So than we can apply this to every p-Sylow subgroup of G to show that a normal subgroup H of G is contained in every p-Sylow subgroup of G?

10. Exactly. You got it.

11. thanks so much for your help, I was really struggle with this as you could tell