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Abstract Algebra 2015

This document appears to be an exam for a course on abstract algebra. It contains the following sections: 1) Part A contains 12 short multiple choice or true/false questions each worth 4% of the total grade. The questions cover topics like subgroups, isomorphisms, and linear independence. 2) Part B contains 21 short answer questions each worth 1% of the grade. The questions cover topics like properties of groups, subgroups, and characteristics of rings. 3) Part C contains 5 short essay questions each worth 2% of the grade. The questions cover topics like the group of matrices, subgroup diagrams, and properties of homomorphisms. 4) Part D contains 2 essay questions each worth

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Abstract Algebra 2015

This document appears to be an exam for a course on abstract algebra. It contains the following sections: 1) Part A contains 12 short multiple choice or true/false questions each worth 4% of the total grade. The questions cover topics like subgroups, isomorphisms, and linear independence. 2) Part B contains 21 short answer questions each worth 1% of the grade. The questions cover topics like properties of groups, subgroups, and characteristics of rings. 3) Part C contains 5 short essay questions each worth 2% of the grade. The questions cover topics like the group of matrices, subgroup diagrams, and properties of homomorphisms. 4) Part D contains 2 essay questions each worth

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FIFTH SEMESTER B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2015

(UG-CCSS)
Core Course-Mathematics
MM 5B 06-ABSTRACT ALGEBRA
Maximum: 30 Weightage
Time: Three Hours
Part A

Questions from 1 to 12 are compulsory


Each has weight %.

1. On Qdefine * by a*b=% Is
*
a binary operation on Q?

State True or False :


Any two groups of three elements are isomorphic".
3. Write a non-trivial proper Subgroup
of Klein 4-group.

the subgroup of Zi2 generated by 3.


ind
having only one generator.
5. Give an example of a cyclic group
in the group S, ?
6. What is the order of the eycle (1, 4,5, 7)

7. State True or False


normal".
"All subgroups of abelian groups are

1 is-
the symmetric group S, n>
8. The index ofthe alternating group A, in
9. Compute the product (12) (16) in Zzg
10. Give the number of divisions of zero in 24

in R? ?
(11. Is the set {(1,1), (0,0)} Linearly Independent
12. Find an element in the span of 1-x, x-x', l+r*.
(12 x 4 =3weightage)
Part B (Short Answer Type Questions)
Answer all questions (from 13 to 21).
Each question has weight 1.

13. For alla, b in a Group Gprove that (a *b) =b' *a'.


Turn over
D
2

by 2.
the order of the subgroup of Z4 generated
Pind permutation of R.
x* is
by (x) =
a

l6. Determine whether the function f:R->R defined

16. Define orbits of a permutation.


17. Prove that Every permutation o of a finite set is a product of disjoint cycles.
divisor of the order of
18. Let H be a subgroup of a finite group G. Then prove that
the order of His a
G.

19. Find all solutions ofthe equation x +2x+3 =0 in Zg


0.
20. Let R be a
ring with unity. If n-10 for all n ez', then prove that R has characteristic

21. Show that the set ofall continuous functionsf(x) on la, b such that 1, with usual

addition offunctions and multiplication by real numbers is nota vector space


(9 x1 9 weightage)
Part C (Short Essay Questions)

Answer any five questions (from 22 to 28).


Each question has weight 2.

22. Show that the set of all m x n matrices with real entries under matrix addition is an abelian group.

23 Find all subgroups of Z18 and give their subgroup diagram

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8)
24. Define even permutation. Check whether thne permutdu0u 3 6 4 1 8 2 5 7
is an even permutation?
25. Let be a homomorphism ofa group G into a group G!, Then prove the following :

(1) fe is the identity elements in G, then (e) is the identity element inG
(2) If aeG, then ola")=[P
(3) IfH is a subgroup of G, then O{H) is a
subgroup of G
26. Prove that the cancellation laws hold in a ring R if and only if R has no divisors of 0.
27. Prove that every field F is an integral domain. Is the converse true ? Justify your answer.

28. Let V= P, be the vector space of


polynomials of degree 4 with usual addition and scalar
multiplication and let U ={P(x)¬ P./p'(1) =2p' (1)}. Show that U is a subspace of P4
5x 2 10 weightage)
D 90906

Part D (Essay Questions)


Answer any two questions (from 29 to 31).
Each question has weight 4.
the
29./Describe two different group structures of order 4 and show that one of them is isomorphie a
group of fourth roots of unity under multiplication.
30. State and prove Cayley's theorem.
31.Ya) Define dimension of a vector space.
(b) Let U and W be subspaces of R" defined by:
Find dim U,
,)/1 -3x, +2x, =0}.
/U={(%,,)/%+x,-2x, =0} and W -{ *
W =
R°.
show that U+
their bases and
dim W and dim Unw, by finding (2 x 4 8 weightage)

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