Let H be a non-empty subset of a group G. Then H is a  subgroup of G iff      a,b∈H⇒ab\power{-1}∈H, where b\power{-1} is the inverse of b in G.

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Let H be a non-empty subset of a group G. Then H is a
 subgroup of G iff
     a,b∈H⇒ab\power{-1}∈H, where b\power{-1} is the inverse of b in G.

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