Find isomorphism between groups

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Find out if the following pairs of groups are isomorphic:

1 $(\mathbb {Z}_{7}\setminus\{0\}; .)$ with $(\mathbb {Z}_{6}; +)$

2 $(\mathbb {R}_{+}; .)$ with $(\mathbb {R}\setminus\{0\}; .)$

3 $(\mathbb {R}\setminus\{0\}; .)$ with $(\mathbb {C}\setminus\{0\}; .)$

4 $(\mathbb {R}; +)$×$(\mathbb {R}; +)$ with $(\mathbb {C}; +)$

5 $(\mathbb {Z}_{2}; +)$×$(\mathbb {Z}_{2}; +)$ with $(\mathbb {Z}_{4}; +)$

6 the group of symmetries of the equilateral triangle with group of the all permutations of {$1,2,3$}.

I know that I have to find some bijective function which is homomorphism. But it takes very long time to confirme all possibilities. I would like to now if there is any general way how to find out if two groups are isomorphic.

Thank you very much for any help.

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The groups from item 1 are isomorphic because they are both cyclic groups of order $6$ ($(\mathbb{Z}_7\setminus\{0\},.)$ is generated by $3$).

The groups of item 2 are not isomorphic, because $(\mathbb{R}_+,.)$ has no element of order $2$, whereas $(\mathbb{R}\setminus\{0\},.)$ has such an element ($-1$).

In general, examining the orders of the elements is a good strategy to prove that two groups are not isomorphic.

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