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Groups and the Group Axioms · Hard problem

The 2×22\times2 matrices (ab01)\begin{pmatrix}a&b\\0&1\end{pmatrix} with a∈{1,−1}a\in\{1,-1\} and b∈Zb\in\mathbb Z form a group under matrix multiplication. For A=(−1201)A=\begin{pmatrix}-1&2\\0&1\end{pmatrix} and B=(1301)B=\begin{pmatrix}1&3\\0&1\end{pmatrix}, find (top-right entry of ABAB) −- (top-right entry of BABA).