2024-06-03

602: Range of Group Homomorphism Is Subgroup of Codomain

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description/proof of that range of group homomorphism is subgroup of codomain

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Target Context


  • The reader will have a description and a proof of the proposition that for any group homomorphism, the range of the homomorphism is a subgroup of the codomain.

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1: Structured Description


Here is the rules of Structured Description.

Entities:
G1: { the groups }
G2: { the groups }
f: :G1G2, { the group homomorphisms }
ranf: = the range of f
//

Statements:
ranf{ the subgroups of G2}.
//


2: Natural Language Description


For any groups, G1,G2, and any group homomorphism, f:G1G2, the range of f, ranf, is a subgroup of G2.


3: Proof


The identity element of any group is denoted as e.

For any elements, g1,g2ranf, g1g2ranf, because gj=f(gj) for a gjG1, g1g2=f(g1)f(g2)=f(g1g2).

eranf, because f(e)=e.

For any element, granf, g1ranf, because g=f(g) for a gG1, g1=f(g)1=f(g1).

ranf satisfies the associative law, because the elements are elements of G2 and the operation is inherited from that of G2.


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