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Centre of orbifold fundamental group of Torus (Klein bottle) with one cone point

Let $T$ ($K$) be the torus (Klein bottle) with one cone point of order $q\geq 2$. The presentation of their orbifold fundamental groups are easy to find. Namely,

$$\pi_1^{orb}(T)=\{a,b\ |\ (aba^{-1}b^{-1})^q=1\}.$$

$$\pi_1^{orb}(K)=\{a,b\ |\ (aba^{-1}b)^q=1\}.$$

Want to know the centre of these two groups. Are they trivial?

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