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Definition

A group is a set G and an operation :G×GG, denoted (G,:G×GG) but mathematicians are lazy so we just write (G,)

Such that the following axioms hold:

Axioms

Words Formal
a,b,cG:[(ab)c=a(bc)] is associative, because of this we may write abc unambiguously.
eGgG[eg=ge=g] has an identity element
gGxG[xg=gx=e] All elements of G have an inverse element under , that is