Let G {\displaystyle {}G} be a group, and let H ⊆ G {\displaystyle {}H\subseteq G} be a subgroup. For every x ∈ G {\displaystyle {}x\in G} , the subset
is called the left coset of x {\displaystyle {}x} in G {\displaystyle {}G} with respect to H {\displaystyle {}H} . Every subset of this form is called a left coset. Accordingly, a set of the form
is called the right coset (of x {\displaystyle {}x} ).