Central subgroup
In mathematics, in the field of group theory, a subgroup of a group is termed central if it lies inside the center of the group.
Given a group , the center of
, denoted as
, is defined as the set of those elements of the group which commute with every element of the group. The center is a characteristic subgroup and is also an abelian group (because, in particular, all elements of the center must commute with each other). A subgroup
of
is termed central if
.