Contemporary Abstract Algebra
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781337249560
Author: Joseph Gallian
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 2, Problem 47E
Prove that if G is a group with the property that the square of every element is the identity, then G is Abelian. (This exercise is referred to in Chapter 26.)
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