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Integer Powers in a Group

For an element g of a group and an integer n, gng^n is the natural power when n is nonnegative and the (-n)-th power of the inverse of g when n is negative.

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In the setting of Routine Facts, Continued: Typed Arithmetic, Maps and Predicativity, let (G,⋅)(G,\cdot) be a group with identity ee, unique by Uniqueness of the Identity Element and of Inverses in a Group (i), let g∈Gg\in G, and let nn be an integer.

Integer powers. If n≥0n\ge0, then nn is an element of N0\mathbb{N}_{0} under The Integers and the Rational Numbers, with the Natural Numbers and the Integers Identified with Subsets of the Rationals (vii), and the nn-th power gng^{n} of gg is that of Powers with Exponents in the Natural Numbers with Zero (i) and Powers with Exponents in the Natural Numbers with Zero (ii); in particular g0=eg^{0}=e. If n<0n<0, then −n-n is a natural number by The Integers Form an Ordered Ring Containing the Natural Numbers as Its Positive Elements (vii), and the nn-th power of gg is

gn=(g−1)−n,g^{n}=(g^{-1})^{-n},

the (−n)(-n)-th power, as in Powers with Exponents in the Natural Numbers with Zero (i), of the inverse g−1g^{-1} of gg, which is unique by Uniqueness of the Identity Element and of Inverses in a Group (ii).

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