division in group
In any group one can introduce a division operation ‘‘:’’ by setting
for all elements , of . On the contrary, the group operation and the unary inverse
forming operation may be expressed via the division by
(1) |
The division, which of course is not associative, has the properties
- 1.
- 2.
- 3.
The above result may be conversed:
Theorem.
If the operation ‘‘:’’ of the non-empty groupoid has the properties 1, 2, and 3, then equipped with the ‘‘multiplication
’’ and inverse forming by (1) is a group.
Proof. Here we prove only the associativity of ‘‘’’. First we derive some auxiliary results. Using definitions and the properties 1 and 2 we obtain
and using the property 3,
Then we get:
References
- 1 А. И. Мальцев:Алгебраические системы. Издательство ‘‘Наука’’. Москва (1970).