The first group isomorphism theorem, also known as the fundamental homomorphism theorem, states that if is a group homomorphism,
then
and
, where
indicates that
is a normal subgroup of
,
denotes the group kernel,
and
indicates that
and
are isomorphic groups.
A corollary states that if is a group homomorphism,
then
1.
is injective iff
2. , where
denotes the group order of
a group
.