# Talk:Abelian group

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 Definition:  A group in which the group operation is commutative. [d] [e]
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## Suggested change in notation for abelian map groups

The notation ${\displaystyle \scriptstyle f\circ g=g\circ f}$ is impossible to understand unless you are familiar with maps, which is not very likely if you want to know what abelian groups are.

Why not make this idea more accessible to everyone by changing it to f(g(x))=g(f(x)) for all x in the domain of the functions?

I don't want to make this edit myself, as I'm not very familiar with CZ policies yet. David Spector 03:42, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Agree, and did. Boris Tsirelson 21:14, 18 April 2010 (UTC)