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factor group

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noun Mathematics.

quotient group.

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Origin of factor group

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Examples from the Web for factor group

If H is a self-conjugate subgroup of G, the factor-group Composition-series of a group.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6|Various
Any composite group in a similar way defines abstractly a factor-group in respect of each of its self-conjugate subgroups.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6|Various