Cosets Partition a Group
Left (or right) cosets of a subgroup form a partition of the ambient group
Cosets Partition a Group
Cosets Partition a Group: Let be a group and let be a subgroup . Then the set of left cosets forms a partition of (and similarly for right cosets ).
More precisely: every lies in the left coset , and any two left cosets are either equal or disjoint.
Proof sketch: If , then for some , hence and so . Thus distinct cosets cannot intersect.