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Tutorial 1: SC-116 Algebraic Structures Autumn 2015 (Groups and Subgroups)

This document contains 10 problems related to algebraic structures and group theory: 1) Find the rotational symmetries of a cube and orders of elements in additive and multiplicative groups. 2) Prove that two sets are groups under addition and multiplication and solve an equation in one of the groups. 3) Show a set is a group under multiplication. 4) Show two subsets of D8 are subgroups. 5) Draw lattice diagrams for three groups. 6) Determine if three sets of matrices are subgroups of a general linear group. 7) Show the intersection of subgroups is a subgroup. 8) Prove a group is abelian if x2 = 1 for all elements.

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Tutorial 1: SC-116 Algebraic Structures Autumn 2015 (Groups and Subgroups)

This document contains 10 problems related to algebraic structures and group theory: 1) Find the rotational symmetries of a cube and orders of elements in additive and multiplicative groups. 2) Prove that two sets are groups under addition and multiplication and solve an equation in one of the groups. 3) Show a set is a group under multiplication. 4) Show two subsets of D8 are subgroups. 5) Draw lattice diagrams for three groups. 6) Determine if three sets of matrices are subgroups of a general linear group. 7) Show the intersection of subgroups is a subgroup. 8) Prove a group is abelian if x2 = 1 for all elements.

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Tutorial 1

SC-116 Algebraic Structures Autumn 2015


(Groups and Subgroups)

(1) Find all the rotational symmetries of the cube.


(2) Find the order of
i) 2,6,10 in the additive group Z36 .
ii)5,7,-7 in the multiplicative group Z12 .
iii)2 in the multiplicative group Z13 .

(3) Let G = {a + 2b R|a, b Q}


i) Prove that G is a group under addition.
ii)Prove that the non-zero elements of G are a group under multiplication.
(4) Let S be the set of all real numbers except 1. Define an operation on S by
a b = a + b + ab
i) Show that < S, > is a group.
ii)Find the solution to the following equation in S.
2x3=7
n

(5) Show that G = {z C|z = 1} is a group under multiplication.


(6) Show that the following subsets of D8 are actually subgroups.
i) {1, r2 , s, sr2 } ii) {1, r2 , sr, sr3 }
(7) Draw the lattice diagrams of the Z4 , Z2 Z2 , S3 .
(8) Determine if the following set of matrices are subgroups of GLn (R).
i)The diagonal n n matrices with no zeros on diagonal.
ii)The n n matrices with determinant 1.
iii) The set of n n matrices such that AT A = I.
(9) Show that if H and K are subgroups of a group G then their intersection H K is
a subgroup.
(10) Prove that if x2 = 1 for all x G then G is abelian.

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