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Prove that a nonidentity element of a group has order 2 iff it is its own inverse

Chapter 14, Problem 14.23

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QUESTION:

Prove that a nonidentity element of a group has order 2 iff it is its own inverse.

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QUESTION:

Prove that a nonidentity element of a group has order 2 iff it is its own inverse.

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Step 1 to 3

Consider a group G,

Prove G is equivalence by proving following two conditions.

Condition 1:

Assume that

                                                                     

Such that, , that is,.

It is known that,

                                                                   

 

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