I've got a non cyclic group called G and x and y two elements from G. And $o(x)\mid o(y)$. Can we say that $x$ is a recurrence of $y$?
I think that we can't but I don't really know how to justificate it.
I've got a non cyclic group called G and x and y two elements from G. And $o(x)\mid o(y)$. Can we say that $x$ is a recurrence of $y$?
I think that we can't but I don't really know how to justificate it.
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HINT
$C_2\times C_2=\{1,x,y,xy|\ x^2=y^2=xyx^{-1}y^{-1}=1\}$ Then $o(x)|o(y)$ but $y^k\in \{1,y\}$