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Under a group homomorphism, the image of the inverse is the inverse of the image

Edited by Patrick Stevens last updated 15th Jun 2016
Requires: Group homomorphism

For any group homomorphism f:G→H, we have f(g−1)=f(g)−1.

Indeed, f(g−1)f(g)=f(g−1g)=f(eG)=eH, and similarly for multiplication on the left.

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