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Section Daily Prep 2

You will review some of the basic computations and definitions we worked on in class on Tuesday. You will also learn about some elementary properties of groups relating to uniqueness and cancellation.

Subsection Resources for Learning

Use these resources to prepare for class and answer the questions below.
Figure 9. Reference Video for Group Basics

Subsection Important Terms

Definition 10. Binary Operation.

Let \(G\) be a set. A binary operation on \(G\) is a function that assigns each ordered pair of elements of \(G\) an element of \(G\text{.}\)

Definition 11. Abelian group.

A group \((G,\circ)\) is called an Abelian group if the operation is commutative; that is, \(ab=ba\) for all \(a,b\in G\text{.}\)