The quotient group (space) of $\Bbb Z/H$

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Find the quotient group(space) of $\Bbb Z/H$ if $H = 6\Bbb Z $ and it is also a subgroup of $\Bbb Z$.

Do the same if $ H = \langle[4]\rangle $ in $ \Bbb Z_{12}$

The quotient group of $\Bbb Z/H$

$H = \{...,-12, -6, 0, 6, 12,...\}$

I am not quite sure what is the quotient group of $\Bbb Z/H.$

I think it is $\{[6]\}$. I only know about quotient group that is related to equivalence relation.

For $H = \langle[4]\rangle $ in $ \Bbb Z_{12}$,

$[4] = \{4, 16, 20, 24,...\}$

$\langle[4]\rangle = \{4\}$ since the remainders of $4^k$, with $k \in Z$ are always 4.

Again, I am not sure what the quotient space is here.

I am in abstract algebra and we haven't talked about topology yet.

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"The quotient group of $\Bbb Z/H$

$H = \{...,-12, -6, 0, 6, 12,...\}$

I am not quite sure what is the quotient group of $\Bbb Z/H.$ "

It is the cosets of $H$ in $\mathbb{Z}$

$\Bbb Z/H = \{0+H, 1+H, 2+H, 3+H, 4+H, 5+H \} \cong \{0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}$

with addition modulo $6$.