Cyclic group

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In abstract algebra, a cyclic group or monogenous group is a group that is generated by a single element. That is, it is a set of invertible elements with a single associative binary operation, and it contains an element g such that every other element of the group may be obtained by repeatedly applying the group operation to g or its inverse. Each element can be written as an integer power of g in multiplicative notation, or as an integer multiple of g in additive notation. This element g is called a generator of the group. Every infinite cyclic group is isomorphic to the additive group of Z, the integers. Every finite cyclic group of order n is isomorphic to the additive group of Z/nZ, the integers modulo n. A finite cyclic group of order n is often denoted by Cn, Z {\displaystyle \mathbb {Z} } n or Zn (not to be confused with the commutative ring of p-adic numbers). Every cyclic group is an abelian group (meaning that its...

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