simple group
A nontrivial group whose only normal subgroups are \{e\} and itself -- no proper nontrivial normal subgroup exists to break it down further.
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\mathbb{Z}_p for prime p is simple: its only subgroups are \{e\} and itself.
A_5 is the smallest nonabelian simple group.
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