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When we say that, we really mean that there is an object [4f4 isomorphic] to $X$ which has property $P$". Essentially, it means "the property might not hold as stated, but if we replace the idea of *equality* by the idea of *isomorphism*, then the property holds".\n\nRelatedly, "The object $X$ is [5ss well-defined] up to isomorphism" means "if we replace $X$ by an object isomorphic to $X$, we still obtain something which satisfies the definition of $X$."]\n\n"The property $P$ holds up to isomorphism" is a phrase which means "we might say an object $X$ has property $P$, but that's an abuse of notation. When we say that, we really mean that there is an object [4f4 isomorphic] to $X$ which has property $P$". Essentially, it means "the property might not hold as stated, but if we replace the idea of *equality* by the idea of *isomorphism*, then the property holds".\n\nRelatedly, "The object $X$ is [5ss well-defined] up to isomorphism" means "if we replace $X$ by an object isomorphic to $X$, we still obtain something which satisfies the definition of $X$."\n\n# Examples\n\n## Groups of order $2$\n\nThere is only one [-3gd] of [3gg order] $2$ *up to isomorphism*.\nWe can define the object "group of order $2$" as "the group with two elements"; this object is well-defined up to isomorphism, in that while there are several different groups of order $2$ %%note: Two such groups are $\\{0,1\\}$ with the operation "addition [5ns modulo] $2$", and $\\{e, x \\}$ with [-54p] $e$ and the operation $x^2 = e$.%%, any two such groups are isomorphic.\nIf we don't think of isomorphic objects as being "different", then there is only one distinct group of order $2$.', metaText: '', isTextLoaded: 'true', isSubscribedToDiscussion: 'false', isSubscribedToUser: 'false', isSubscribedAsMaintainer: 'false', discussionSubscriberCount: '1', maintainerCount: '1', userSubscriberCount: '0', lastVisit: '', hasDraft: 'false', votes: [], voteSummary: 'null', muVoteSummary: '0', voteScaling: '0', currentUserVote: '-2', voteCount: '0', lockedVoteType: '', maxEditEver: '0', redLinkCount: '0', lockedBy: '', lockedUntil: '', nextPageId: '', prevPageId: '', usedAsMastery: 'false', proposalEditNum: '0', permissions: { edit: { has: 'false', reason: 'You don't have domain permission to edit this page' }, proposeEdit: { has: 'true', reason: '' }, delete: { has: 'false', reason: 'You don't have domain permission to delete this page' }, comment: { has: 'false', reason: 'You can't comment in this domain because you are not a member' }, proposeComment: { has: 'true', reason: '' } }, summaries: {}, creatorIds: [ 'PatrickStevens', 'EricBruylant' ], childIds: [], parentIds: [ 'isomorphism' ], commentIds: [], questionIds: [], tagIds: [ 'start_meta_tag' ], relatedIds: [], markIds: [], explanations: [], learnMore: [], requirements: [], subjects: [], lenses: [], lensParentId: '', pathPages: [], learnMoreTaughtMap: {}, learnMoreCoveredMap: {}, learnMoreRequiredMap: {}, editHistory: {}, domainSubmissions: {}, answers: [], answerCount: '0', commentCount: '0', newCommentCount: '0', linkedMarkCount: '0', changeLogs: [ { likeableId: '0', likeableType: 'changeLog', myLikeValue: '0', likeCount: '0', dislikeCount: '0', likeScore: '0', individualLikes: [], id: '19714', pageId: 'up_to_isomorphism', userId: 'EricBruylant', edit: '0', type: 'deleteTag', createdAt: '2016-09-24 19:29:48', auxPageId: 'stub_meta_tag', oldSettingsValue: '', newSettingsValue: '' }, { likeableId: '0', likeableType: 'changeLog', myLikeValue: '0', likeCount: '0', dislikeCount: '0', likeScore: '0', individualLikes: [], id: '19712', pageId: 'up_to_isomorphism', userId: 'EricBruylant', edit: '0', type: 'newTag', createdAt: '2016-09-24 19:29:47', auxPageId: 'start_meta_tag', oldSettingsValue: '', newSettingsValue: '' }, { likeableId: '0', likeableType: 'changeLog', myLikeValue: '0', likeCount: '0', dislikeCount: '0', likeScore: '0', individualLikes: [], id: '19711', pageId: 'up_to_isomorphism', userId: 'EricBruylant', edit: '2', type: 'newEdit', createdAt: '2016-09-24 19:29:22', auxPageId: '', oldSettingsValue: '', newSettingsValue: 'Made summary display in-page too, added clickbait as base for brief summary.' }, { likeableId: '0', likeableType: 'changeLog', myLikeValue: '0', likeCount: '0', dislikeCount: '0', likeScore: '0', individualLikes: [], id: '19697', pageId: 'up_to_isomorphism', userId: 'PatrickStevens', edit: '0', type: 'newTag', createdAt: '2016-09-24 08:55:36', auxPageId: 'stub_meta_tag', oldSettingsValue: '', newSettingsValue: '' }, { likeableId: '0', likeableType: 'changeLog', myLikeValue: '0', likeCount: '0', dislikeCount: '0', likeScore: '0', individualLikes: [], id: '19699', pageId: 'up_to_isomorphism', userId: 'PatrickStevens', edit: '0', type: 'newParent', createdAt: '2016-09-24 08:55:36', auxPageId: 'isomorphism', oldSettingsValue: '', newSettingsValue: '' }, { likeableId: '0', likeableType: 'changeLog', myLikeValue: '0', likeCount: '0', dislikeCount: '0', likeScore: '0', individualLikes: [], id: '19696', pageId: 'up_to_isomorphism', userId: 'PatrickStevens', edit: '1', type: 'newEdit', createdAt: '2016-09-24 08:55:35', auxPageId: '', oldSettingsValue: '', newSettingsValue: '' } ], feedSubmissions: [], searchStrings: {}, hasChildren: 'false', hasParents: 'true', redAliases: {}, improvementTagIds: [], nonMetaTagIds: [], todos: [], slowDownMap: 'null', speedUpMap: 'null', arcPageIds: 'null', contentRequests: {} }