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Definition 1.

Let $G$ be a group and $H$ be a subgroup. The index of $H$ in $G$ is

\[\lvert G / H \rvert,\]

the cardinality of the set of all left cosets of $H$.


Proposition 1.

For any three groups $K \leq H \leq G$,

\[\lvert G / K\rvert = \lvert G / H \rvert \cdot \lvert H / K \rvert.\]