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Cyclically ordered group
In mathematics, a cyclically ordered group is a set with both a group structure and a cyclic order, such that left and right multiplication both preserve the cyclic order. Cyclically ordered groups were first studied in depth by Ladislav Rieger in 1947. They are a generalization of cyclic groups: the infinite cyclic group and the finite cyclic groups . Since a linear order induces a cyclic order, cyclically ordered groups are also a generalization of linearly ordered groups: the rational numbers , the real numbers , and so on. Some of the most important cyclically ordered groups fall into neither previous category: the circle group and its subgroups, such as the subgroup of rational points.
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In mathematics, a cyclically ordered group is a set with both a group structure and a cyclic order, such that left and right multiplication both preserve the cyclic order. Cyclically ordered groups were first studied in depth by Ladislav Rieger in 1947. They are a generalization of cyclic groups: the infinite cyclic group and the finite cyclic groups . Since a linear order induces a cyclic order, cyclically ordered groups are also a generalization of linearly ordered groups: the rational numbers , the real numbers , and so on. Some of the most important cyclically ordered groups fall into neither previous category: the circle group and its subgroups, such as the subgroup of rational points.
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