Universal Property of Quotient Groups

Homomorphisms out of G that kill N factor uniquely through G/N
Universal Property of Quotient Groups

Universal Property of Quotient Groups: Let GG be a and let NGN\trianglelefteq G be a . Let π:GG/N\pi:G\to G/N be the canonical projection to the . If KK is a group and f:GKf:G\to K is a such that Nker(f)N\subseteq \ker(f) (where ker(f)\ker(f) is the of ff), then there exists a unique homomorphism fˉ:G/NK\bar f:G/N\to K with f=fˉπ. f = \bar f \circ \pi.

Equivalently: giving a homomorphism G/NKG/N\to K is the same as giving a homomorphism GKG\to K that sends every element of NN to the identity of KK.