Cyclic Group

In algebra, a cyclic group is a group that is generated by a single element, in the sense that every element of the group can be written as a power of some particular element g in multiplicative notation, or as a multiple of g in additive notation. This element g is called a "generator" of the group. Any infinite cyclic group is isomorphic to Z, the integers with addition as the group operation. Any finite cyclic group of order n is isomorphic to Z/nZ, the integers modulo n with addition as the group operation.

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