trivial group


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Trivial group
In mathematics, a trivial group is a group consisting of a single element. All such groups are isomorphic, so one often speaks of the trivial group. The single element of the trivial group is the identity element and so it is usually denoted as such: 0, 1 or e depending on the context. If the group operation is denoted * then it is defined by .

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