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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

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