===== Group ===== ==== Set ==== | @#55CCEE: context | @#55CCEE: $G$ | | @#FFBB00: definiendum | @#FFBB00: $ \langle G,* \rangle \in \mathrm{it}$ | | @#AAFFAA: inclusion | @#AAFFAA: $\langle G,* \rangle \in \mathrm{monoid}(G)$ | | @#AADDEE: let | @#AADDEE: $e$ | | @#AADDEE: such that | @#AADDEE: $\forall g.\, e*a=a*e=a$ | | @#DDDDDD: range | @#DDDDDD: $g,g^{-1}\in G$ | | @#55EE55: postulate | @#55EE55: $\forall g.\,\exists g^{-1}.\;(g*g^{-1}=g^{-1}*g=e)$ | ----- === Alternative definitions === == Sharper definitions == We could just define left units and left inverses and prove from the group axioms that they are already units and inverses. == Group axioms explicitly in the first order language == Let $\langle G,* \rangle $ be a set $G$ with a binary operation. 1. $\forall (a,b\in G).\ (a*b\in G)$ 2. $\forall (a,b,c\in G).\ ((a*b)*c=a*(b*c))$ 3. $\exists (e\in G).\ \forall (a\in G).\ (a*e=e*a=a) $ 4. $\forall (a\in G).\ \exists (a^{-1}\in G).\ (a*a^{-1}=a^{-1}*a=e)$ The first axiom is already implied if "$*$" is a binary operation $*:G\times G\to G$. For given $G$, the set $\text{group}(G)$ is the set of all pairs $\langle G,* \rangle$, containing $G$ itself, as well a binary operation which fulfills the group axioms. One generally calls $G$ the group, i.e. the set with respect to which the operation "$*$" is defined. ----- === Subset of === [[Monoid]], [[Loop]]