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Revision as of 10:57, 17 September 2008
How do you prove that an element and its inverse have the same order? I understand the idea but do not know how to prove it.
-Wooi-Chen
I thought this worked as a proof.
$ g^k=1 $ element g having order of k
$ (g^k)^{-1}=(1)^{-1} $
$ g^{-k}=1 $
$ (g^{-1})^k=1 $ inverse of g having order of k
This could be wrong, but it makes sense.
-Daniel
That actually makes sense to me as well. It is kind of playing with the order which power comes, that's the idea I get.
-Wooi-Chen
