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map from spin to special orthogonal in Magma [closed]

Let $G:=\operatorname{Spin}(7,5)$. How to construct in Magma the map $G \rightarrow G/Z(G) $ where $Z(G)$ is the center. I get this from Magma: ...
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intersection of point stabilisers is trivial

Let $G=\operatorname{GL}_{n}(2)$. Let $v_{i}$ be the basis elements of the natural module of $G$. I observed by computing with Magma that the intersection of all Stabiliser($G, v_{i}$) is trivial for ...
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Build abelian group containing a set $K$ under an associative, commutative operation $*$ with an identity but the inverses are not always in $K$.

We are given a set K of elements and an operation * . For every element in the set, there exists an inverse element (not necessarily in the set). There are three (additional) rules: 1) K contains e (...
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A finite, cancellative semigroup is a group

Let $G$ be a finite, nonempty set with an operation $*$ such that $G$ is closed under $*$ and $*$ is associative Given $a,b,c \in G$ with $a*b=a*c$, then $b=c$. Given $a,b,c \in G$ with $b*a=c*a$, ...
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Is there an easy way to see associativity or non-associativity from an operation's table?

Most properties of a single binary operation can be easily read of from the operation's table. For example, given $$\begin{array}{c|ccccc} \cdot & a & b & c & d & e\\\hline a &...
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