---- > [!theorem] Theorem. ([[conjugate characterization of normal subgroups]]) > Let $G$ be a [[group]] and $N$ [[subgroup]]. The following are equivalent: > - $N$ is [[normal subgroup|normal]] (i.e., $gN=Ng$ for all $g \in G$); > - $gNg^{-1}=N$ for all $g \in G$; > - $g^{-1} N g = N$ for all $g \in G$; > - $g N g^{-1} \subset N$ for all $g \in G$; > - $N \subset g N g^{-1}$ for all $g \in G$; > - $gN \subset Ng$ for all $g \in G$; > - Every [[coset|left coset]] of $N$ in $G$ is a [[coset|right coset]]; > - Every [[coset|right coset]] of $N$ in $G$ is a [[coset|left coset]]. > ^53879a > [!proof]- Proof. ([[conjugate characterization of normal subgroups]]) > It is clear that $(1) \implies (2) \implies (3) \implies (4) \implies (5) \implies (6)$. 'Every left coset is a right coset' means that for all $a \in G$, $aN=Nb$ for some $b \in G$. Since $a=ae \in aN$, certainly $a \in Nb$. But since [[Lagrange's Theorem|right cosets partition]] $G$ and $a \in Na$, the only right coset containing $a$ is $Na$... so $a=b$. ---- #### ----- #### References > [!backlink] > ```dataview TABLE rows.file.link as "Further Reading" FROM [[]] FLATTEN file.tags GROUP BY file.tags as Tag > [!frontlink] > ```dataview > TABLE rows.file.link as "Further Reading" > FROM outgoing([[]]) > FLATTEN file.tags as Tag > WHERE Tag = "#definition" OR Tag = "#theorem" OR Tag = "#MOC" OR Tag = "#proposition" OR Tag = "#axiom" > GROUP BY Tag > ```