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definition. group [garling2011clifford, 1.1] [ca-000Q]

A group is a pair \((G, *)\), satisfying:

  1. \((a * b) * c = a * (b * c)\) for all \(a, b, c \in G\) (associativity).
  2. there exists \(1 \in G\) such that \[1 * a = a * 1 = a\] for all \(a \in G\).
  3. for each \(a \in G\), there exists \(a^{-1} \in G\) such that \[a * a^{-1} = a^{-1} * a = 1\].