"simple group" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: simple groups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} simple group (plural simple groups)
  1. (group theory) A group which has no normal subgroups apart from the trivial group and itself. Wikipedia link: simple group Categories (topical): Group theory Translations (group having no normal subgroups other than the trivial group and itself): gruppo semplice [masculine] (Italian), grupa prosta [feminine] (Polish)

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