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Group of exponent two is abelian (g2=1 ∀g ⟹ ab=ba)

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If every element of a group squares to the identity, every element equals its inverse. Then ab=(ab)−1=b−1a−1=ba, so the group is an abelian group. The argument does not require a finite group.

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