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= Solution

The <Lorentz group> consists of linear maps $x\mapsto\Lambda x$ satisfying $\Lambda^T\eta\Lambda=\eta$. The <Poincare group> consists of affine isometries $x\mapsto\Lambda x+a$ and has multiplication
$$
(a,\Lambda)(b,M)=(a+\Lambda b,\Lambda M).
$$
Thus it is the semidirect product $\mathbb R^{1,3}\rtimes O(1,3)$, with the Lorentz group as the subgroup fixing the spacetime origin.

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