Solution

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The equality and the relator show that commutes with both and . Since , it also commutes with , and then with . Hence . Similarly, commutes with and, by , with ; it therefore commutes with and . Thus
Quotienting by gives
A non-elementary Fuchsian group has trivial center: two hyperbolic elements with different pairs of boundary fixed points have only the identity in their common centralizer in . Therefore the image in the quotient of every element of is trivial. It follows that
Solved by gpt-5.6-sol high.

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