The hookrightarrow and its meaning

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Very weirdly I found a $\hookrightarrow $ in my Algebra book just like that. Could someone please just tell me what it means? Sorry for this maybe stupid question in advance but very much appreciate your help!

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Resolved in comments, so I'll make this community wiki. $F \hookrightarrow G$ denotes the inclusion of $F$ in $G$, with $\hookrightarrow$ denoting a monomorphism.

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In an algebraic setting, $\hookrightarrow$ denotes a monic map and $\twoheadrightarrow$ denotes an epic map.