In algebra, a homomorphism is a structure-preserving map between two algebraic structures of the same type (such as two groups, two rings, or two vector spaces). The word homomorphism comes from the Ancient Greek language: ὁμός () meaning "same" and μορφή () meaning "form" or "shape". However, the word was apparently introduced to mathematics due to a (mis)translation of German ähnlich meaning "similar" to ὁμός meaning "same". The term "homomorphism" appeared as early as 1892, when it was attributed to the German mathematician Felix Klein (1849–1925).
Un morphisme de groupes ou homomorphisme de groupes est une application entre deux groupes qui respecte la structure de groupe. Plus précisément, c'est un morphisme de magmas d'un groupe dans un groupe , c'est-à-dire une application telle que et l'on en déduit alors que f(e) = e (où e et e désignent les neutres respectifs de G et G) et ∀x ∈ G f(x) = [f(x)]. donc ; en composant par l'inverse de , on obtient (autrement dit, un morphisme de groupes conserve l'idempotence, et l'élément neutre d'un groupe est son unique élément idempotent).
In algebra, a module homomorphism is a function between modules that preserves the module structures. Explicitly, if M and N are left modules over a ring R, then a function is called an R-module homomorphism or an R-linear map if for any x, y in M and r in R, In other words, f is a group homomorphism (for the underlying additive groups) that commutes with scalar multiplication. If M, N are right R-modules, then the second condition is replaced with The of the zero element under f is called the kernel of f.
Un morphisme d'anneaux est une application entre deux anneaux (unitaires) A et B, compatible avec les lois de ces anneaux et qui envoie le neutre multiplicatif de A sur le neutre multiplicatif de B. Un morphisme d'anneaux est une application f entre deux anneaux (unitaires) A et B qui vérifie les trois propriétés suivantes : Pour tous a, b dans A : f(a + b) = f(a) + f(b) f(a ∙ b) = f(a) ∙ f(b) f(1A) = 1B.
In mathematics, an algebra homomorphism is a homomorphism between two algebras. More precisely, if A and B are algebras over a field (or a ring) K, it is a function such that, for all k in K and x, y in A, one has The first two conditions say that F is a K-linear map, and the last condition says that F preserves the algebra multiplication. So, if the algebras are associative, F is a rng homomorphism, and, if the algebras are rings and F preserves the identity, it is a ring homomorphism.
