JORDAN-HÖLDER THEOREM Definition & Meaning

Jordan-��ö�� theorem

[jawr-dn-hel-der]

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Mathematics.

the theorem that for any two composition series of a group, an isomorphism exists between the corresponding quotient groups of each series, taken in some specified order.

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First recorded in 1935–40; named after M.E.C. Jordan and German mathematician Ludwig Otto ��ö�� (1859–1937)

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