Talk:Free group
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Question, is the reason that a free abelian group is not the same as an abelian free group is that in an free group ab ≠ ba, necessarily, but in an abelian free group, a+b=b+a?
-- Very nice page. After spending an hour staring at Hungerford's definition, it's nice to see the clear underlying idea. Thanks. 134.243.218.123 23:11, 22 March 2006 (UTC)