presentation (of a group by generators and relations)

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• Presentation of a group — In mathematics, one method of defining a group is by a presentation. One specifies a set S of generators so that every element of the group can be written as a product of some of these generators, and a set R of relations among those generators.… …   Wikipedia

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• Covering groups of the alternating and symmetric groups — In the mathematical area of group theory, the covering groups of the alternating and symmetric groups are groups that are used to understand the projective representations of the alternating and symmetric groups. The covering groups were… …   Wikipedia