Diagonal subgroup

In group theory, a field of mathematics, given a group G, then the diagonal subgroup of the n-fold direct product Gⁿ is the subgroup

\{(g,\dots ,g)\in G^{n}:g\in G\}.

This subgroup is isomorphic to G.

References

Sahai, Vivek; Bist, Vikas (2003), Algebra, Alpha Science Int'l Ltd., p. 56, ISBN 9781842651575 .

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