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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(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Prove that a nonidentity element of a group has order 2 iff it is its own inverse.
Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
Prove that a nonidentity element of a group has order 2 iff it is its own inverse.
ANSWER: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,