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Can anyone come up with an example of a group of order 4 that has no order 4 elements? I have tried a few examples I learned in class but I couldn't come up with this particular one.

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    Might I ask what some of the examples were that you tried?2017-02-04
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    Hint: There are only two groups of order four.2017-02-05

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$\mathbb{Z}_2 \times \mathbb{Z}_2.$

$(0,1),(1,0)$ and $(1,1)$ have order $2.$ $(0,0)$ is the identity.

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    Ah this. Thank you, I can confirm.2017-02-04