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[parent] example of divisible group (Example)

Let $G$ denote the group of rational numbers taking the operation to be addition. Then for any $\frac{p}{q}\in G$ and $n\in\Z^+$ , we have $\frac{p}{nq}\in G$ satisfying $n\frac{p}{nq}=\frac{p}{q}$ , so the group is divisible.




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Cross-references: divisible, addition, operation, rational numbers, group

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AMS MSC20K99 (Group theory and generalizations :: Abelian groups :: Miscellaneous)

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