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Groups and the Group Axioms · Challenge problem

Suppose (G,∗)(G,*) is an abelian group with exactly four elements {e,a,b,c}\{e,a,b,c\} (ee the identity) and a∗a=ba*a=b. Using only the Latin-square property of its Cayley table (each row and column contains every element exactly once), determine a∗ca*c.