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Tag Archives: free groups
Free Groups and Tiling
Introduction Consider the following simple problem. Prove that the shape on the left cannot be completely tiled by 20 polygons of the types shown on the right. The solution is rather simple: colour the shape in the following manner. This … Continue reading
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Tagged combinatorics, free groups, group theory, groups, polyominoes, tiling, words
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Intermediate Group Theory (6)
In this post, we’ll only focus on additive abelian groups. By additive, we mean the underlying group operation is denoted by +. The identity and inverse of x are denoted by 0 and –x respectively. Similarly, 2x+3y refers to x+x+y+y+y. Etc … Continue reading
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Tagged abelian groups, advanced, direct products, direct sums, free groups, generated groups, universal properties
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Intermediate Group Theory (5)
Free Groups To motivate the concept of free groups, let’s consider some typical group G and elements a, b of G. Recall that , the subgroup generated by {a, b}, is defined to be the intersection of all subgroups of G containing a and b. Immediately, we see … Continue reading
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Tagged advanced, free groups, generated groups, group theory, universal property
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