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quotient groups

Open DanGrayson opened this issue 5 years ago • 2 comments

Wouldn't it make sense for quotient groups to be defined in the way strictly dual to the way subgroups are defined? Here are the two definitions:

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Then the connection with normal subgroups would be drawn.

And quotient groups could have their own chapter, too, since subgroups do.

DanGrayson avatar Apr 14 '20 21:04 DanGrayson

In other words, I propose changing "set of surjections" to "type of quotient groups".

And also starting more gently, by saying that a quotient group of G is an epimorphism from G to a group.

DanGrayson avatar Apr 14 '20 21:04 DanGrayson

By the way, it seems to be left unproved that the set of surjections from G is a set.

DanGrayson avatar Apr 14 '20 22:04 DanGrayson