Group - Mathematics

Mathematics

  • Group (mathematics), a set together with a binary operation satisfying certain algebraic conditions
    • Group theory, the study of groups
    • Group action, a way of describing the symmetries of objects using groups
    • Group isomorphism, a one-to-one correspondence (function) between two groups which respects the given group operations
    • Group object, a kind of generalization of a group which is built on more complicated structures than sets

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