Direct Product

🅟 Mar 17, 2026

  🅤 Mar 17, 2026

DP#DEF. Direct Product.

Let $G$ and $H$ be two groups. The direct product of $G$ and $H$ is the group $G\times H$ with multiplication defined by

\[(g_1,h_1)(g_2,h_2) = (g_1 g_2,h_1 h_2)\]

for all $g_1$, $g_2\in G$ and $h_1$, $h_2\in H$.


DP#PROP-A.

Let $G$ be a group with neutral element $e$ and $H$ be a group with neutral element $i$.

  1. The neutral element of $G\times H$ is $(e,i)$.

  2. For all $(g,h)\in G\times H$,

    \[(g,h)^{-1} = (g^{-1},h^{-1}).\]