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Can we say that $\mathbb{Z}$ × $\mathbb{Z}$ is an extention of $\mathbb{Z}$ by $\mathbb{Z}$?

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    Kindly **ask** or **answer**2011-06-01

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Yes. By the definition of a group extension, because $G=\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}$ has $N=\mathbb{Z}\times\{0\}\cong\mathbb{Z}$ as a normal subgroup, and $Q=G/N\cong \mathbb{Z}$ as the corresponding quotient group, there is a short exact sequence $0\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}\,\xrightarrow{f}\,\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}\,\xrightarrow{g}\,\mathbb{Z}\rightarrow 0,$ i.e. the group $\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}$ is an extension of $\mathbb{Z}$ by $\mathbb{Z}$. The maps $f$ and $g$ are given by $f(n)=(n,0)$ and $g(n,m)=m$.

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    @Samir: Since you are a new user, I would just like to bring up that an answer can be [accepted](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5234/how-does-accepting-an-answer-work). I'm not pressuring you to accept my answer, and as the advice there indicates, waiting a while to accept can increase the chance that someone with a better answer or explanation might come along and post, so don't accept mine unless or until you want to.2011-06-01