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  • 1Group (mathematics) — This article covers basic notions. For advanced topics, see Group theory. The possible manipulations of this Rubik s Cube form a group. In mathematics, a group is an algebraic structure consisting of a set together with an operation that combines …

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  • 2Group of Lie type — In mathematics, a group of Lie type G(k) is a (not necessarily finite) group of rational points of a reductive linear algebraic group G with values in the field k. Finite groups of Lie type form the bulk of nonabelian finite simple groups.… …

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  • 3Finite group — In mathematics, a finite group is a group which has finitely many elements. Some aspects of the theory of finite groups were investigated in great depth in the twentieth century, in particular the local theory, and the theory of solvable groups… …

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  • 4Order (group theory) — This article is about order in group theory. For order in other branches of mathematics, see Order (mathematics). For order in other disciplines, see Order. In group theory, a branch of mathematics, the term order is used in two closely related… …

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  • 5Group action — This article is about the mathematical concept. For the sociology term, see group action (sociology). Given an equilateral triangle, the counterclockwise rotation by 120° around the center of the triangle acts on the set of vertices of the… …

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  • 6Finite geometry — A finite geometry is any geometric system that has only a finite number of points. Euclidean geometry, for example, is not finite, because a Euclidean line contains infinitely many points, in fact precisely the same number of points as there are… …

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  • 7Group isomorphism — In abstract algebra, a group isomorphism is a function between two groups that sets up a one to one correspondence between the elements of the groups in a way that respects the given group operations. If there exists an isomorphism between two… …

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  • 8Monster group — For infinite groups with all nontrivial proper subgroups isomorphic, see Tarski monster group. Group theory …

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  • 9Group theory — is a mathematical discipline, the part of abstract algebra that studies the algebraic structures known as groups. The development of group theory sprang from three main sources: number theory, theory of algebraic equations, and geometry. The… …

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  • 10Character group — In mathematics, a character group is the group of representations of a group by complex valued functions. These functions can be thought of as one dimensional matrix representations and so are special cases of the group characters which arises in …

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