Cyclic group

English

the six-element cyclic group embedded in the complex plane

Noun

1. Template:Lb A group generated by a single element.

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   • 1986, N. S. Gopalakrishnan, University Algebra, New Age International, 2nd Edition, page 22,

     Proposition 1.5.6. Any subgroup of an infinite cyclic group is also an infinite cyclic group.

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   • 2003, Alexander Retakh (translator), Ėrnest Borisovich Vinberg, A Course in Algebra, [2001, Э. Б. Винберг, Курс алгебры, Factorial Press] Template:W, page 152,

     Cyclic groups are the simplest groups imaginable.

Usage notes

• More precisely, there exists at least one element g such that every other element of the group may be obtained by repeatedly applying the group operation (or its inverse) to g. The group operation is required to be invertible and associative. The element g is called a Template:M of G.

• Every infinite cyclic group is isomorphic to the additive group of $\mathbb{Z}$, the integers. Any finite cyclic group of order n is isomorphic to the additive quotient group $\mathbb{Z}/n\mathbb{Z}$: the integers modulo n.

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