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Suppose that * is an associative binary operation on a set S. Let H = [a ∊ S | a * X = X *...

Suppose that * is an associative binary operation on a set S. Let H = [a ∊ S | a * X = X * a for all X ∊ S}. Show that H is closed under *. (We think of H as consisting of all elements of S that commute with every element in S.)

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Solutions For Problems in Chapter S.2