Given two groups (A,×G) and (B,×B), let us define a third structure (X,×X) as
X:=A×B (
cartesian product)
(a1,b1)×X(a2,b2):=(a1×Aa2,b1×Bb2)
this structure X is called the direct product of A and B and is denoted A⊗B. The resulting structure X is a group with identity eX=(eA,eB).