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Generator   (English)

Definition (undergraduate level)

A set H of generators for a group G is a set of elements of G with the property that any element of G can be made by multiplying together one or more elements of H.
For a given group, there may be many different generator sets. For a cyclic group we can find a generator set with only one element.

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