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Given a set A, how would you go about constructing the Grothendieck group K of M, the free commutative monoid on A?



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    Isn't it just the same as free abelian group on $A$?
    – Wojowu
    Jan 4 at 16:30






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    A simple google search will show to construct both the Grothendieck group K of M, and the free commutative monoid on A.
    – user458276
    Jan 4 at 17:53










  • I would "go about" reading the wikipedia article, which has further references.
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Given a set A, how would you go about constructing the Grothendieck group K of M, the free commutative monoid on A?



Many thanks for any help.










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    Isn't it just the same as free abelian group on $A$?
    – Wojowu
    Jan 4 at 16:30






  • 1




    A simple google search will show to construct both the Grothendieck group K of M, and the free commutative monoid on A.
    – user458276
    Jan 4 at 17:53










  • I would "go about" reading the wikipedia article, which has further references.
    – Dietrich Burde
    Jan 4 at 19:15
















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Given a set A, how would you go about constructing the Grothendieck group K of M, the free commutative monoid on A?



Many thanks for any help.










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Given a set A, how would you go about constructing the Grothendieck group K of M, the free commutative monoid on A?



Many thanks for any help.







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put on hold as off-topic by jgon, Dietrich Burde, KReiser, Cesareo, amWhy Jan 5 at 1:57


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  • 2




    Isn't it just the same as free abelian group on $A$?
    – Wojowu
    Jan 4 at 16:30






  • 1




    A simple google search will show to construct both the Grothendieck group K of M, and the free commutative monoid on A.
    – user458276
    Jan 4 at 17:53










  • I would "go about" reading the wikipedia article, which has further references.
    – Dietrich Burde
    Jan 4 at 19:15
















  • 2




    Isn't it just the same as free abelian group on $A$?
    – Wojowu
    Jan 4 at 16:30






  • 1




    A simple google search will show to construct both the Grothendieck group K of M, and the free commutative monoid on A.
    – user458276
    Jan 4 at 17:53










  • I would "go about" reading the wikipedia article, which has further references.
    – Dietrich Burde
    Jan 4 at 19:15










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Isn't it just the same as free abelian group on $A$?
– Wojowu
Jan 4 at 16:30




Isn't it just the same as free abelian group on $A$?
– Wojowu
Jan 4 at 16:30




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1




A simple google search will show to construct both the Grothendieck group K of M, and the free commutative monoid on A.
– user458276
Jan 4 at 17:53




A simple google search will show to construct both the Grothendieck group K of M, and the free commutative monoid on A.
– user458276
Jan 4 at 17:53












I would "go about" reading the wikipedia article, which has further references.
– Dietrich Burde
Jan 4 at 19:15






I would "go about" reading the wikipedia article, which has further references.
– Dietrich Burde
Jan 4 at 19:15












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