Isomorphism and Relations

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So I have to state whether the statement is true or false then explain why it is true or give a counter-example. The statement is as follows: If $G_1 \cong G_2$ and $H_1 \cong H_2$ then $G_1 \oplus H_1 \cong G_2 \oplus H_2$. I am unsure of how to go about this problem and where to start really on it.

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You can write the isomorphism explicitely. First start with two isomorphisms:

$$f:G_1\to G_2$$ $$g:H_1\to H_2$$

and then define

$$h:G_1\oplus H_1\to G_2\oplus H_2$$ $$h(x, y)=\big(f(x), g(y)\big)$$

I leave it as an exercise to check that $h$ is an isomorphism.

How did I come up with the formula? Well, if you look at $f, g$ and look at domain and codomain of $h$ you will realize that there is not much choice. It's the first idea you should have, the natural one. It's just a matter of whether it works or not. And in this case it does.