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Groups and the Group Axioms · Challenge problem

Real matrices of the form (a−bba)\begin{pmatrix}a&-b\\b&a\end{pmatrix}, not both a,ba,b zero, form an abelian group under multiplication. For A=(1−221)A=\begin{pmatrix}1&-2\\2&1\end{pmatrix} and B=(3−113)B=\begin{pmatrix}3&-1\\1&3\end{pmatrix}, find the bottom-left entry of ABAB.