Contemporary Abstract Algebra
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ISBN: 9781337249560
Author: Joseph Gallian
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 3, Problem 45E
Must the centralizer of an element of a group be Abelian? Must the center of a group be Abelian?
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Contemporary Abstract Algebra
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