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A group is a collection of elements that obey certain multiplication properties. Here the word “multiplication” has a general meaning: it could entail multiplication of matrices, the adding of numbers, or the rotation of a figure.
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Mahan, G.D. (2002). Group Theory. In: Applied Mathematics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1315-5_3
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