Group

Examples of groups

SymbolOperationIdentityElementsInverseAbelian
addition0𝑘𝑘yes
+multiplication1𝑚/𝑛𝑛/𝑚yes
𝑛addition mod 𝑛0𝑘𝑛 𝑘yes
multiplication1𝑥𝑥1yes
multiplication1𝑎 +𝑏𝑖(𝑎 +𝑏𝑖)1yes
𝐺𝐿(2,𝐹)matrix multiplication𝐼matricesby Gaußian eliminationno
×𝑛multiplication mod 𝑛1𝑘 coprime with 𝑛by Euclid’s algorithmyes
𝑛componentwise addition𝟎𝐯𝐯yes
𝑆𝐿(2,𝐹)matrix multiplication𝐼matrices of determinant 1inverse matrixyes
𝐷𝑛composition𝑅0𝑅𝛼,𝐿𝑅2𝜋𝛼,𝐿no
𝑆𝑂(3)orthogonal rotation𝐼rotation (matrices)inverse rotation (matrix)

From Contemporary Abstract Algebra

Particular groups


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