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2 days ago comment added SPDR $a^2\neq1$ according to what you have associated $a$ to. Also the relations $(ab^2ab^r)^2=(abab^r)^3=1$ do not match.
Feb 20, 2016 at 12:52 history edited user48096 CC BY-SA 3.0
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Feb 20, 2016 at 12:48 comment added user48096 Oh right, I see. Thanks, I'll change that now.
Feb 19, 2016 at 18:06 comment added alpoge [The point is that diag(x,1) = (word in a,b)*const implies, on taking determinants, that x is a square if 2 is a square.]
Feb 19, 2016 at 16:22 comment added user48096 Does it matter if 2 is a square? I thought that the important part is that it generates the group $\mathbb{Z}/p \mathbb{Z}$?
Feb 19, 2016 at 16:17 history edited user48096 CC BY-SA 3.0
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Feb 19, 2016 at 0:33 comment added Joël There is something wrong with your presentation. Since $a,b$ have determinant $2$ and $1$, all their powers have determinant a power of $2$. If $2$ is a square modulo $p$, this implies that $a,b$ is not a system of generator.
Feb 18, 2016 at 21:09 answer added ahulpke timeline score: 2
Feb 18, 2016 at 19:44 history asked user48096 CC BY-SA 3.0