An isomorphism is a homomorphism that is also a bijection. Intuitively, you can think of a homomorphism \(\phi\) as a “structure-preserving” map: if you multiply and then apply \(\phi\text{,}\) you get the same result as when you first apply \(\phi\) and then multiply. More @Wikipedia
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