Solution

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Here , and , so is a cyclic group of order four. Its multiplication table is
Write the specified image of as . Direct matrix multiplication gives
A group representation is a group homomorphism to a general linear group, so the images of all powers of are forced:
All four images are invertible. Defining is well-defined modulo four because , and verifies every product in the table. These observations prove both existence and uniqueness of this representation with the prescribed image.

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