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In this chapter we recap basic definitions and results from the theory of groups, up to and including Lagrange’s Theorem. We take this early opportunity to announce that 0 is not a natural number for the purposes of this book. Thus \(0 \notin \mathbb{N}\).
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Smith, G.C., Tabachnikova, O.M. (2000). The Elements. In: Topics in Group Theory. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0461-2_1
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