1 1 vote closed as a duplicate of: Group theory doubt Set Theory & Algebra group-theory + – rohit vishkarma 584 views comment Share Follow Print See 1 comment 1 1 comment reply Anu007 commented Nov 2, 2017 reply Follow flag In cycle group if a is generator then it will generate all elements. i.e. a10= e If a generator then (a8)x = (a10) = e put x= 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,.... take smallest x which satisfy this (a8)5 = (a10) = e (a10)4 = (a10) = e 8 also satisfy but order will be smallest such value satisfy the conditionl. hence 5 is answer 0 0 replyShare Please log in or register to add a comment.