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Old September 28th, 2008, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by NonCommAlg View Post
Remark: here are three related questions: suppose G is an abelian group and |x|=n, \ |y|=m.

Q1: show that it's possible to have |xy| \neq \text{lcm}(m,n). (by giving an example!)
Please give a hint. Thank you.
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