Let be a group, written multiplicatively, with identity element and inverses as in Uniqueness of the Identity Element and of Inverses in a Group, and let be a subgroup of . For let be the left coset determined by . Then for all the following hold.
- . In particular every element of lies in at least one left coset, and is itself a left coset.
- if and only if .
- If , then . Consequently every element of lies in exactly one left coset of .
- The map is a bijection from onto . In particular, if has elements for some natural number , then every left coset has elements.
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