Isomorphism

Sometimes, groups are more than just similar. If they are identical, they are isomorphic. Isomorphism is comprised of two Greek words that mean equal and form. In mathematics, isomorphism is a perfect one-to-one, bijective mapping between two groups (structures or sets). Every object in group A maps directly to an object in group B.

In an isomorphism, every object in A is mapped to an object in B. The morphisms are also injective because no two objects from A map to the same object in B. So, if the objects in A are x, y, and z, then the following are not possible: f(x) = f(y), f(x) = f(z), f(y) = f(z). The only mappings we find ...

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