Finitely Generated abelian group Math 402 Discussant : SHIELA JOY N. DECENA MAT- Mathematics
A group is a set together with an operation that meets the following set of rules:
Closure: For any a and b in the group, the result of a * b should also be in the group. Associativity: For any a , b , and c in the group, the operation * (multiplication) must be associative. That is, we must have the following: ( a * b ) * c = a * ( b * c )
Identity: There must exist an identity element e in the group that satisfies this requirement for all other elements a in the group: a * e = a and e * a = a Inverse: For every a in the group, there must exist another element b in the group such that satisfies this relation: a * b = e and b * a = e
Commutativity : For every a and b in the group, the following must hold: a * b = b * a
A F initely G enerated A belian Group is an abelian group, G , for which there exists finitely many elements g 1 , g 2 , …., g n in G , such that every g in G can be written in this form: g = a 1 g 1 + a 2 g 2 +...+ a n g n where a 1 ,..., a n are integers
A finitely generated abelian group is a special type of abelian group. it is an abelian group that has a finite number of generators. A generator is defined as an element that can create every group element through repeated binary operation application.
Example of a Finitely Generated Abelian Group The set Z/12Z under addition is a finitely generated abelian group with two generators: 1 and 5 (mod 12).
Properties of Finitely Generated Abelian Group Finitely generated abelian groups have the following properties: Every finitely generated A belian group has a generating set Abelian groups are not always finite There are infinitely many finitely generated A belian groups of size 8 Every finite group is A belian .