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A group $G$ in which $(a b)^2=a^2 b^2$ for all $a, b$ in $G$ is necessarily
  1. finite
  2. cyclic
  3. abelian
  4. none of the above
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If $a b a b=a a b b$, then multiplying by $a^{-1}$ on the left and $b^{-1}$ on the right gives us $b a=a b$. Hence $\text{G}$ is abelian.

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