factor group

noun

, Mathematics.

1. quotient group.

Word History and Origins

Origin of factor group¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

Any composite group in a similar way defines abstractly a factor-group in respect of each of its self-conjugate subgroups.

From Project Gutenberg

If H is a self-conjugate subgroup of G, the factor-group Composition-series of a group.

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