Definition:Composition Series/Composition Factor

Theorem
Let $G$ be a group. Let $\set e = G_0 \lhd G_1 \lhd \cdots \lhd G_{n - 1} \lhd G_n = G$ be a composition series for $G$.

Each of the quotient groups:
 * $G_1 / G_0, G_2 / G_1, \ldots, G_n / G_{n - 1}$

are the composition factors of $G$.