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We outline basic group theory terms and concepts while providing greater depth for the fundamentals of group presentations, free groups, and trees. Groundwork is set for topics for further exploration, such as dead-end elements, revisited in the exploration of groups in the later chapters.

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  1. Department of Math and Computer Science, New York City College of Technology, The City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY, USA

    Marianna C. Bonanome

  2. Department of Mathematics, Borough of Manhattan Community College, The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA

    Margaret H. Dean

  3. Department of Mathematics, Monroe Community College, Rochester, NY, USA

    Judith Putnam Dean

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Bonanome, M.C., Dean, M.H., Putnam Dean, J. (2018). Preliminaries. In: A Sampling of Remarkable Groups. Compact Textbooks in Mathematics. Birkhäuser, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01978-5_1

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