/- Copyright (c) 2019 Michael Howes. All rights reserved. Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE. Authors: Michael Howes -/ import group_theory.free_group import group_theory.quotient_group /-! # Defining a group given by generators and relations Given a subset `rels` of relations of the free group on a type `α`, this file constructs the group given by generators `x : α` and relations `r ∈ rels`. ## Main definitions * `presented_group rels`: the quotient group of the free group on a type `α` by a subset `rels` of relations of the free group on `α`. * `of`: The canonical map from `α` to a presented group with generators `α`. * `to_group f`: the canonical group homomorphism `presented_group rels → G`, given a function `f : α → G` from a type `α` to a group `G` which satisfies the relations `rels`. ## Tags generators, relations, group presentations -/ variables {α : Type} /-- Given a set of relations, rels, over a type `α`, presented_group constructs the group with generators `x : α` and relations `rels` as a quotient of free_group `α`.-/ def presented_group (rels : set (free_group α)) : Type := free_group α ⧸ subgroup.normal_closure rels namespace presented_group instance (rels : set (free_group α)) : group (presented_group (rels)) := quotient_group.quotient.group _ /-- `of` is the canonical map from `α` to a presented group with generators `x : α`. The term `x` is mapped to the equivalence class of the image of `x` in `free_group α`. -/ def of {rels : set (free_group α)} (x : α) : presented_group rels := quotient_group.mk (free_group.of x) section to_group /- Presented groups satisfy a universal property. If `G` is a group and `f : α → G` is a map such that the images of `f` satisfy all the given relations, then `f` extends uniquely to a group homomorphism from `presented_group rels` to `G`. -/ variables {G : Type} [group G] {f : α → G} {rels : set (free_group α)} local notation `F` := free_group.lift f variable (h : ∀ r ∈ rels, F r = 1) lemma closure_rels_subset_ker : subgroup.normal_closure rels ≤ monoid_hom.ker F := subgroup.normal_closure_le_normal (λ x w, (monoid_hom.mem_ker _).2 (h x w)) lemma to_group_eq_one_of_mem_closure : ∀ x ∈ subgroup.normal_closure rels, F x = 1 := λ x w, (monoid_hom.mem_ker _).1 $ closure_rels_subset_ker h w /-- The extension of a map `f : α → G` that satisfies the given relations to a group homomorphism from `presented_group rels → G`. -/ def to_group : presented_group rels →* G := quotient_group.lift (subgroup.normal_closure rels) F (to_group_eq_one_of_mem_closure h) @[simp] lemma to_group.of {x : α} : to_group h (of x) = f x := free_group.lift.of theorem to_group.unique (g : presented_group rels →* G) (hg : ∀ x : α, g (of x) = f x) : ∀ {x}, g x = to_group h x := λ x, quotient_group.induction_on x (λ _, free_group.lift.unique (g.comp (quotient_group.mk' _)) hg) end to_group instance (rels : set (free_group α)) : inhabited (presented_group rels) := ⟨1⟩ end presented_group