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Abstract Algebra 2016

This document contains the questions from a B.Sc. degree examination in Abstract Algebra. It is divided into 4 sections with a total of 120 marks. Section A contains 12 multiple choice questions worth 1 mark each. Section B contains 10 problems worth 4 marks each. Section C contains 6 problems worth 7 marks each. Section D contains 2 problems worth 13 marks each. The questions cover topics in abstract algebra including groups, subgroups, rings, fields, homomorphisms and automorphisms.

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Abstract Algebra 2016

This document contains the questions from a B.Sc. degree examination in Abstract Algebra. It is divided into 4 sections with a total of 120 marks. Section A contains 12 multiple choice questions worth 1 mark each. Section B contains 10 problems worth 4 marks each. Section C contains 6 problems worth 7 marks each. Section D contains 2 problems worth 13 marks each. The questions cover topics in abstract algebra including groups, subgroups, rings, fields, homomorphisms and automorphisms.

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D11162 (Pages:3) Name.. *s**4****************************

Reg. No..
FIFTH SEMESTER B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2016
(CUCBCSS-UG)
Mathematics
MAT 6B 06-ABSTRACT ALGEBRA
Time Three Hours Maximum: 120 Marks

Section A

Answer all the twelve questions.


Each question carries 1 mark.
1. Find the identity element in the binary structure «Q> ifit exists when a b = ab/6 for all

a,be Q.
2. Define subgroup of a group.
3. Express the additive inverse of 21 in the group < Z7g, +75> as a positive integer in <Z7s >

4. Fill in the blanks:Order ofthe group ofsymmetries of a square is-


5. Define a division ring.
6. How many elements are there in the ring of matrices Ma (Z,) ?

7. Fill in the blanks: 0rder of the subgroup Ay sS7 is-


8. Fill in the blanks : One non-zero solution of: = 0 in Zso is
9. Define index of a subgroup H in a group G.
10. What is the characteristic of the ring of real numbers under usual addition and multiplication ?
11. Define a cyclic group. Give an example of a non-cyclic group.
12. Write any two units in the ring of Guassian integers {a + ib: a, be Z.
(12 x 1 12 marks)

Section B

Answer any ten out of fourteen questions.


Each question carries 4 marks.

Determine whether the set of all real square matrices of


order n is a group under matrix
13.
multiplication or not. Justify your claim.
for set H to be subgroup of a group G.
14. Establish any necessary and sufficient conditions
a a

Turn over
D11
15. Determine the number of group homomorphisms from Z into Z.

claim.
16 What is an octic group ? Is it an abelian group? Justify your
is not an integral domain.
T. Define a ring and give an example of a finite ring which
18. Show that the identity and inverse in a group are unique.
has more
finite group with the identity element e where
the equation r' = e
. G i v e an example of a
than two solutions. Prove your claim.

20. Give two examples of non-trivial proper subgroups of Z


21. Show that every field is an integral domain but not conversely.
corollary to it.
Lagranges theorem and prove any result which can be established
as a
22. State

23. IfH is a subgroup of index two in a finite group G, show that HgG.

24. Show that arbitrary intersection of subgroups is a subgroup.

25. Find all the units in the ring Z10

26. Show that the characteristic of an integral domain is either 0 or a prime p.


(10 x 4 40 marks)

Section C

Answer any six out of nine questions.


Each question carries 7 marks.

27. IfGis a finite group with identity element e show that for any a in G there exists a positive integer
n such that a" = e.

28. Show that every permutation o of a finite set is a product of disjoint cycles.

matrices under matrix


29. Show that the subset S of M, (R) consisting of all invertible n xn

multiplication is a group.

30. Show that every permutation o of a finite set is a product of disjoint cycles.
31. Define an automorphism of a group. Show that all automorphisms of a group G form a group

under function composition.

32. Ifa is an integer relatively prime to n, then show that a " - 1 is divisible by n.

33. Solve:r2 = i in Sg where i is the identity.


Di 3 D 11162

34. Show that every finite integral domain is a field.

36. Show that if H and K are two normal subgroups of a group G with HoK ={e), then hk = kh for

all h eH and k e K.

(6x 7 42 marks)

Section D

Answer any two out of three questions.


Each question carries 13 marks.
36. Let G be cyclic group with generator a. If the order of G is infinite, then show that G is isomorphic

to <Z,+>. f G has finite order n, then show that G is isomorphic to <at

37. (a) State and prove fundamental theorem for group homomorphism.
(6) Show that if a finite group G contains a non-trivial subgroup of index 2 in G, then G is not

simple.
38. (a) Show that 15 divides the number n3 -
n for every integer n.

(b) Define an inner automorphism of a group G and give an example.


(2x 13 26 marks)

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