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Groups of order p^3

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Let p be any prime number. Then there are precisely 5 groups of order p. However, the classification splits into two cases, first if p=2 and the second for all odd primes.

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p=2
Example
p=3
Cyclic Cp^3 C8 C27
Abelian [p^2,p] Cp^2 x Cp C4 x C2 C9 x C3
Abelian [p,p,p] Cp x Cp x Cp C2 x C2 x C2 C3 x C3 x C3
[Modular] Cp^2 * Cp   C9 * C3
Extraspecial (Cp x Cp) * Cp   (C3 x C3) * C3
Dihedral   D8  
Quaternion   Q8