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Jan 31, 2017 at 19:51 comment added Darius Math @YCor, thank you very much, yes of course I know what $Z_2$ means, I meant only the star notation.
Jan 31, 2017 at 19:39 comment added YCor $\star$ (more usually $\ast$) denotes the free product of groups, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_product. Here $\mathbb{Z}_n$ is a (somewhat controversial) notation for the cyclic group on $n$ elements (common for some group theoretists, but in conflict with $n$-adic numbers).
Jan 31, 2017 at 19:38 comment added Darius Math what do you mean by $\mathbb{Z}_{2}\star \mathbb{Z}_{3}$? Sorry, since I am not an Experte in the field!
Jan 31, 2017 at 19:07 history answered Misha CC BY-SA 3.0