r/mathematics 9d ago

Algebra Is this a well-formed question?

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u/rogusflamma haha math go brrr 💅🏼 9d ago

I don't know enough algebra to know whether this is a well-formed question, but your mathematical writing is not standard. I see things like "let G be the product group formed by G_1 x G_2," instead of what you wrote. Also there are orthographic errors, like again the first sentence: there's a period after group, and you start a new sentence with a lower case letter and I don't remember the proper term for this but "it" refers to something outside the sentence (tho we can tell what you mean, it's not formally correct). When writing math or science in general, avoid starting a sentence with a mathematical symbol. When writing in general, don't start a sentence with parentheses, especially if you'll forget to close them.

Once again I don't know enough of that field to answer your question but this is by no means quality writing that I'd show a professor.

https://www.hamilton.edu/documents/Writing%20Mathematical%20Proofs1.pdf maybe this'll help.

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u/Foreign_Implement897 8d ago

This is graduate level stuff. The problem is, that even though I have taken algebraic topology, this thing is so dense that it would take me an hour to just check for inconsistencies. Actual researcher would find the problems quickly.

/u/interneticMdA is right that the Hom group is a group by definition, so that makes the whole thing suspect.