Amalgamated free product

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This article describes a product notion for groups. See other related product notions for groups.

Definition

Definition with strict common subgroup

Let G1 and G2 be two groups, and let H be a group with an injective homomorphism to both G1 and G2. Then the amalgamated free product of G1 and G2 via H is defined as the quotient of the free product of G1 and G2, by the relation of the H in G1 being the same as the H in G2.

Definition of weaker notion (pushout version)

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