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Section Daily Prep 5

You will begin to explore the idea of an isomorphism of groups - the concept of β€œsameness” for groups.

Subsection Resources for Learning

Use these resources to prepare for class and answer the questions below.
Figure 46. Reference Video for Isomorphisms

Subsection Important Terms

Definition 47. Group Isomorphism.

Let \(G, G'\) be groups. A map \(\varphi:G\to G'\) is an isomorphism of groups if it is
  1. one-to-one
  2. operation preserving: for all \(a,b\in G\) we have
    \begin{equation*} \varphi(a \circ_G b)=\varphi(a)\circ_{G'}\varphi(b)\text{.} \end{equation*}
If such a map exists then we write \(G\isom G'\) and say that \(G\) and \(G'\) are isomorphic.