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No such nonabelian group exists. Every element, including the identity, satisfies g2=1, so g−1=g. For any a,b,
ab=(ab)−1=b−1a−1=ba.
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Therefore the group is an abelian group. This proves that a group of exponent two is abelian without any finiteness assumption.

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