A Group is a finite or infinite set of elements with a well defined law of composition defined on its members.
A Group G must satisfy the following propeties:
Closure: If a and b are any two members in G then there is unique element c = ab which is a member of G.
Associative Law: If a b abd c are any three elements of G, then (ab)c = a(bc).
Identity: There is an element, i, in G such that ai = ia = a for all a in G. i is called the identity for G.
Inverse: For every element, a, in G, there is an element in G denoted by a-1 such that aa-1 = a-1a = i.
Note that G need not be commutative ie ab need not be ba.
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Discrete Mathematics is mathematics that deals with discrete objects and operations, often using computable and/or iterative methods. It is usually opposed to continuous mathematics (e.g. classical calculus). Discreteness here refers to a property of subjects of discourse. Some collection of things is called discrete if these things are distinguishable and not continuously transformable into each other. An example would be the collection of natural numbers, but not the real numbers. In topology, a space is called discrete if every subset is open. In constructivism, a set is called discrete if equality of two elements is always decidable.
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