quiz
quiz
MTH-204, MTH-204A
ABSTRACT ALGEBRA
Fall-2014
Date: 1st September 2014
1. Suppose a group contains elements of orders 1 through 9. What is the minimum possible order of the
group ? [2]
2. Suppose |G| = 21, and G has precisely one subgroup of order 3, and one subgroup of order 7. Show that
G is cyclic ? [3]
3. Let G = hai be the cyclic group generated by a and order of a is 24. How many left cosets of ha10 i in G
are there ? List all these cosets. [3]
4. Is U8 isomorphic to Z4 ? Justify your answer. [2]
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5. Let R be the multiplicative group of positive real numbers. Show that the map x 7→ 3
x is an
automorphism of R+ . [3]
6. Let S15 be the group of permutations on 15 elements {1, 2, 3, · · · , 15}. Prove that S15 has elements of
order 56 but does not have any elements of orders 49 or 50. [2]