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My approach: the prime factorization of $2019$ is $3 \times 673$. Let $m$ and $n$ be the number of Sylow-$3$ and $673$ subgroups of $G$ (some group of order $2019$). Then from the Sylow theorems, we have the following relations:

  • $m | 673,$
  • $m \equiv 1 \pmod 3,$
  • $n| 3,$
  • $n \equiv 1 \pmod {673}.$ From here, $n = 1$ and $m = 1$ or $m = 672$. For the case $m = 1$, the Sylow $3$ and $673$ subgroups are unique, and let us call them $H$ and $K$ respectively. Since they are unique, $H \unlhd G$ and $K \unlhd G$, and it is not hard to see that in this case, $G \cong H \times K \cong \mathbb{Z}_3 \times \mathbb{Z}_{673}$.

But I am not sure what to do with the other case: $m = 672$. Here are a few observations I have made.

  • None of the $672$ subgroups of order $3$ is normal, but the subgroup of order $673$ is.
  • From here, we can also infer that $G$ is not abelian.
  • Finally, the $673$ subgroups mentioned above are pairwise disjoint.

Can we describe $G$ in this case?

Mutasim Mim
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    Search for groups of order $pq$. Here we have two different groups, because $3\mid 672$. The other one is a semidirect product. – Dietrich Burde Jun 06 '21 at 09:12

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