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simple groups

simple groups is the plural of simple group.

Meaning of simple group

Noun

simple group (plural simple groups)

  1. A group which has no normal subgroups apart from the trivial group and itself.
    • Since the first edition of this book was published in 1972, great progress has been made in the theory of finite simple groups. Above all, the classification of the finite simple groups was finally completed in 1981. […] In addition, the five Mathieu groups have been supplemented by the discovery...1989, Roger W. Carter, Simple Groups of Lie Type, John Wiley & Sons, Wiley Classics Edition, page 1

Questions about simple groups

What is simple groups the plural of?
Simple groups is the plural of simple group.

Words near simple groups in the dictionary

  1. simple function
  2. simple functions
  3. simple future
  4. simple futures
  5. simple group
  6. simple groups
  7. simple harmonic motion
  8. simple harmonic motions
  9. simple harmonic oscillator
  10. simple harmonic oscillators
  11. simple hyperopia

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