A Group Homomorphism is Injective Exactly When its Kernel is Trivial

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Let $(G,\ast_G)$ and $(H,\ast_H)$ be groups with identity elements $e_G$ and $e_H$ as in Uniqueness of the Identity Element and of Inverses in a Group, and let $\varphi:G\to H$ be a group homomorphism. Then $\varphi$ is injective if and only if its kernel satisfies

\ker\varphi=\{e_G\}.

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