Pauli spin matrices — UPSC Physics Optional CSE 2010 Paper II

Show that the Pauli spin matrices satisfy the following: \sigma_x^2=\sigma_y^2=\sigma_z^2=1 \sigma_x\sigma_y=-\sigma_y\sigma_x=i\sigma_z \sigma_y\sigma_z=-\sigma_z\sigma_y=i\sigma_x \sigma_z\sigma_x=-\sigma_x\sigma_z=i\sigma_y