Bringing It All Together: What Makes a Group?

To sum up, A set S\mathbb{S} with an operation oo (S,o)(\mathbb{S}, o) is a Group If and Only if it satisfies these four properties

  • Closure: Combining any two elements produces another element in the set.
  • Associativity: The way you group elements doesn't change the result.
  • Identity Element: There's an element that doesn't change other elements when combined.
  • Inverse Element: Every element has a counterpart that combines with it to produce the identity element.
Single Choice

Which of these following tuples are a group?

Open Ended

Write a tuple of (set, operation) of your own that is a group. Then explain why it satisfies all 4 properties.

Open Ended

Write a tuple of (set, operation) of your own that is NOT a group. Then explain why it is not considered as a group.