Units map to units
A unital ring homomorphism sends invertible elements to invertible elements.
Units map to units
Units map to units: Let be a unital ring homomorphism. If is a unit, then is a unit and
Equivalently, restricts to a group homomorphism on unit groups.
For unital rings , any ring homomorphism induces a homomorphism of the group of units by sending each unit to its image. In particular, any ring isomorphism identifies the unit groups of the two rings.