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essential subgroup (Definition)

A subgroup $H$ of a group $G$ is essential if $H\cap K\neq\left\{ e\right\} $ for any subgroup $K$ of $G$ $K\neq\left\{ e\right\} $ (i.e., a subgroup $H$ of $G$ is called essential if it intersects non-trivially every non-trivial subgroup of $G$ .




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See Also: group, subgroup, essential submodule

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This is version 2 of essential subgroup, born on 2005-09-28, modified 2005-09-29.
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AMS MSC20F99 (Group theory and generalizations :: Special aspects of infinite or finite groups :: Miscellaneous)

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