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I am in the process of teaching myself Abstract Algebra. I understand the technical definition that an isomorphism is an invertible homomorphism (a one-to-one correspondence).

It would be great if someone can give me an extremely simple example of a homorphism that is not isomorphic. Maybe a mapping that is surjective but not injective.

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I've closed this question: MathOverflow is for questions of interest to research mathematicians. I'd suggest reading the FAQ mathoverflow.net/faq for suggestions of more appropriate sites. – Scott Morrison Jun 26 2010 at 18:11

closed as off topic by Scott Morrison Jun 26 2010 at 18:10

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