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FIFTH SEMESTER B.Sc. DEGREE
EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
(CUCBCSS-UG)
Mathematics
MAT 5B 06-ABSTRACT ALGEBRA
Time Three Hours
Maximum: 120 Marks
Section A

Answer all the tweluve questions.

Each question carries 1 mark.
1. True or False: Every binary operation on a set consisting of a single element is both commutative
and associative.,

2 . Describe the isomorphism from <7,+> into<riZ,+>.

3. Find the order of the cyclic subgroup of Z4 generated by 3.

4. Determine whether the set

ofallinvertible n x n real matrices with determinant -1 is a subgroup
of GL (n, R).

5. Determine whether the function f:R->R defined by f (x)= e is a permutation of R.

6. Write the orbits of the identity permutation, i on a set A

7. True or false: Every finite group contains an element of every order that divides the order of the
group.

8. Find all orbits ofthe permutation o:Z>2 where o (n) =n +1.

9. Find all units in the ring Z4

i0. Find the characteristics of the ring Zg x 37Z.

11. How many solutions, does the equation - 5x +6=0 have Z7?

12. Find the number ofelements in the set fo eS,/o (2) =5}?
(12 x 1 = 12 marks)

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Section B

Answer any ten out of fourteen questions.

Each question carries 4 marks.

13. Defineisomorphism of algebraic structures. Determine whether the function : <Q,+>><9+>

where (r)=reQ is an isomorphism.

Denne a group. Is the set Q* of positive rational numbers under multiplication a group. Justity

your answer ?

15. Let G be a group and a be a fixed element of G. Show that H, = {xeG: xa = ax) is a subgroup ot

G.

16/Prove that an infinite cyclice group has exactly two generators.

(1 2 34 5 6 7 8)
17. Express the permutation3 6 4 18 2 5 7 as a product ofdisjoint eycles and then as a

product of transpositions.

18. ind all generators of Zg,Zg and Zz0

19. IfAis any set and o is a permutation of A, show that the relation' -' defined on A by a -b if and

only if b =o" (a), for some n e Z, a, beA is an equivalence relation.

20. Let H be a subgroup of a group G, and let a e G. Definé the left and right cosets of H containing

a. Exhibit all left and right cosets of the subgroup 42 of 2Z.

21. Prove that a group homomnorphism ¢:G>G' is a one-one map if and only if Ker (0) = {e.

22. Define Ring. Give an example.

Find all solutions of the equationx' - 2x -3x 0 in 212.

23.

24. Define characteristie of a ring. Find the characteristie of the ring Z3 x32 and 73 xZ4.

25. Show that the intersection of two normal subgroups of a group is a normal subgroup.

ring such that a' R. Prove that R is a commutative ring.

26. If R is a =a e

(10 x 4 = 40 marks)
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Section C
Answer any six out of nine
questions.
Each question carries 7 marks.

27. Let G be set consisting

a
of ordered pairs (a, b) such that a, b are real and a z 0. A binary operation

is defined on G by (a, b)*(c, d)= (ac, be + d). Prove that G is a group under". Is G abelian ?
Justify
28. Show that a nonempty subset H of a group G is a subgroup of Gif and only if ab eH, V a,beH.

29. Let G and G' be groups and let :G G be a onc-one function such that o (y) =
¢(x) ¢(y) for
all x,ye G. Prove that
¢[G] is a subgroup of G' and is an
isomorphism of Gwith G|.
30. Define abelian group. Prove that a group G is abelian if every element except the identity e is of
order 2.

31. Show that the set of all permutations on three symbols forms a finite non-abelian group S of
order 6 with respect to permutation multiplication.

32. Let :G-G be a group homomorphism and let H=Ker (®). For a «G, prove that the

setxe G/ 4 (x)= ¢ (a)} is the left coset aH of H.

33. Show that a - b = (a + 6) (a - b) for all a, b in a ring R if and only if R is commutative.

34. Show that the characteristics of an integral domin D must be either 0 or a prime p.

35. Describe the field of quotients fan integral domain.

6x 7 42 marks)

Section D

Answer any two out of three questions.

Each question carries 13 marks.

36. (a) Let H be a subgroup ofa group G. For a,beG,let a - bifand only if ab eHl. Show that

is an equivalence relation on G. (6 marks)

(b) Prove that a subgroup H of a group G is normal in G if and only if each left coset of H in Gis

a right coset of H in G. (7 marks)

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37. (a) Prove that no permutation in S, can be expressed both as a

(7 marks)
transpositions and as a product ofan odd number of transpositions.

(6 marks)
(b) Prove that a subgroup of a cycle group is cyclic.

38. (a) Show that the order of an element of a finite group divides the order of the group.

(7 marks)

(b) Prove that every finite integral domain is a field.

6 marks)
2 x 13 26 marks