Group

Definition (Group)

A group is a pair (G,⋅)(G,\cdot) where GG is a set and ⋅\cdot is a binary operation on elements of GG such that:

  1. Closure: g,h∈G  ⟹  g⋅h∈Gg,h\in G\implies g\cdot h\in G
  2. Associativity: (g⋅h)⋅k=g⋅(h⋅k)(g\cdot h)\cdot k=g\cdot(h\cdot k)
  3. Existence of Identity: ∃1:1⋅g=g\exists1:1\cdot g=g
  4. Existence of Inverse: ∀g∈G,∃g−1∈G\forall g\in G,\exists g^{-1}\in G such that g−1⋅g=1g^{-1}\cdot g=1

Definition (Order)

Given a group GG, the order is the smallest integer rr for any element x∈Gx\in G s.t. xr=1x^{r}=1

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