@@ -42,13 +42,15 @@ open import group-theory.semigroups
4242## Idea
4343
4444Given a [ normal subgroup] ( group-theory.normal-subgroups.md ) ` N ` of ` G ` , the
45- ** quotient group** ` G/N ` is a [ group] ( group-theory.groups.md ) equipped with a
45+ {{#concept "quotient group" WD="quotient group" WDID=Q1138961 Agda=quotient-Group}}
46+ ` G/N ` is a [ group] ( group-theory.groups.md ) equipped with a
4647[ group homomorphism] ( group-theory.homomorphisms-groups.md ) ` q : G → G/N ` such
47- that ` N ⊆ ker q ` , and such that ` q ` satisfies the ** universal property of the
48- quotient group** , which asserts that any group homomorphism ` f : G → H ` such
49- that ` N ⊆ ker f ` extends uniquely along ` q ` to a group homomorphism ` G/N → H ` .
50- In other words, the universal property of the quotient group ` G/N ` asserts that
51- the map
48+ that ` N ⊆ ker q ` , and such that ` q ` satisfies the
49+ {{#concept "universal property" Disambiguation="of the quotient group" Agda=universal-property-quotient-Group}}
50+ of the quotient group, which asserts that any group homomorphism ` f : G → H `
51+ such that ` N ⊆ ker f ` extends uniquely along ` q ` to a group homomorphism
52+ ` G/N → H ` . In other words, the universal property of the quotient group ` G/N `
53+ asserts that the map
5254
5355``` text
5456 hom-Group G/N H → nullifying-hom-Group G H N
@@ -60,6 +62,11 @@ from group homomorphisms `G/N → H` to
6062group homomorphism is said to be ` N ` -nullifying if ` N ` is contained in the
6163[ kernel] ( group-theory.kernels-homomorphisms-groups.md ) of ` f ` .
6264
65+ The fact that the quotient group satisfies its universal property is commonly
66+ known as the
67+ {{#concept "fundamental theorem on homomorphisms" Disambiguation="of groups" WD="fundamental theorem on homomorphisms" WDID=Q1187646 Agda=is-quotient-group-quotient-Group}},
68+ or ** first isomorphism theorem** .
69+
6370## Definitions
6471
6572### The universal property of quotient groups
@@ -529,7 +536,7 @@ above. The first map is an equivalence by the universal property of set
529536quotients, by which we have:
530537
531538``` text
532- (G/N → H) ≃ reflecting-map G H.
539+ (G/N → H) ≃ reflecting-map G H. ∎
533540```
534541
535542``` agda
@@ -714,3 +721,8 @@ module _
714721 unit-congruence-Normal-Subgroup G N
715722 ( apply-effectiveness-map-quotient-hom-Group G N (inv H))
716723```
724+
725+ ## External links
726+
727+ - [ Fundamental theorem on homomorphisms] ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_theorem_on_homomorphisms )
728+ on Wikipedia
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