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,hG    ghGg,h\in G\implies g\cdot h\in G
  2. Associativity: (gh)k=g(hk)(g\cdot h)\cdot k=g\cdot(h\cdot k)
  3. Existence of Identity: 1:1g=g\exists1:1\cdot g=g
  4. Existence of Inverse: gG,g1G\forall g\in G,\exists g^{-1}\in G such that g1g=1g^{-1}\cdot g=1

Definition (Order)

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

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