How to Simplify the Term for a Group Exercise?

In summary, the conversation is about the speaker having trouble forming a term involving a group and elements x,y,z,u. They need to show that this term satisfies the associative law, has an identity element, and has inverse elements. The speaker is unsure how to show this and asks for help. The other person in the conversation asks for clarification on some notation and then suggests using the fact that (ab)^{-1} = b^{-1} a^{-1} to show that the equation holds for all x,y,z,u.
  • #1
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Hello

I have problems forming a term.

The exercise is:

[tex] \text{Let G be a group and } x,y,z,u \in G [/tex]

[tex]\mathrm{Z\kern-.3em\raise-0.5ex\hbox{Z}}: ~ \left(x \left( \left( \left( y^{-1} \left( x^{-1} \cdot z \right) \right) ^{-1} \cdot u \right) \cdot \left( y \cdot u \right)^{-1} \right) ^{-1} \right) = z [/tex]

I kwon that I have to show that:

i.) Associative Law

ii.) Identity Element

iii.) Inverse Element

If I look the term it is clear that I have to form it such that I only have z=z and the other elements x,y,u should be transformed into the identity because of their inverse elements.

I don't know how to form this concretely

Thanks for help
Greetings

p.s.
This is not homework or something like that. I want to dish my mathematical tools :)
 
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  • #2
I'm not sure I understand your question. What does "[itex]\mathrm{Z\kern-.3em\raise-0.5ex\hbox{Z}}:[/itex]" mean?

I'm going to assume you want to show that the equation you posted holds for all x,y,z,u. In which case, notice that, for any a,b in G, [itex](ab)^{-1} = b^{-1} a^{-1}[/itex].
 
  • #3
lol
I'm not sure I understand your question. What does "" mean?

This is German and means "zu zeigen" - "has to be shown". This abbr. is often in the beginning of a theorem or an implication in it.
 

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