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Cancellation Laws and Basic Inverse Identities in a Group

Statement

Let (G,∗)(G,\ast) be a group. We write abab for a∗ba\ast b, and we use the identity element eGe_G and the inverse a−1a^{-1} of an element aa, both of which are well defined by Uniqueness of the Identity Element and of Inverses in a Group. Then for all a,b,c∈Ga,b,c\in G the following hold.

  1. (Cancellation) If ab=acab=ac then b=cb=c, and if ba=caba=ca then b=cb=c.
  2. (a−1)−1=a(a^{-1})^{-1}=a.
  3. (ab)−1=b−1a−1(ab)^{-1}=b^{-1}a^{-1}.
  4. eG−1=eGe_G^{-1}=e_G.
  5. (Unique solvability) There is exactly one x∈Gx\in G with ax=bax=b, namely x=a−1bx=a^{-1}b, and exactly one y∈Gy\in G with ya=bya=b, namely y=ba−1y=ba^{-1}.

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