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Algebra 1 Bmtd203 Assignment 1

This document is an assignment for an Algebra 1 course. It contains 6 questions with multiple parts assessing key concepts in algebra including defining terms like injective mappings, equivalence relations, and subgroups. It also contains questions evaluating properties of sets and relations, solving congruences, identifying whether a set forms a group, finding cosets of subgroups, and proving properties of equivalence relations. Students are asked to show working for full marks on a 100 point assignment due in 20 hours.

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Algebra 1 Bmtd203 Assignment 1

This document is an assignment for an Algebra 1 course. It contains 6 questions with multiple parts assessing key concepts in algebra including defining terms like injective mappings, equivalence relations, and subgroups. It also contains questions evaluating properties of sets and relations, solving congruences, identifying whether a set forms a group, finding cosets of subgroups, and proving properties of equivalence relations. Students are asked to show working for full marks on a 100 point assignment due in 20 hours.

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ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY BMTD203

BSc Mathematics and Statistics: INTAKE , Part Semester , 2024

ALGEBRA 1: Assignment 1

Due:
Time : 20 hours

AnswerALL questions and show all necessary working

A1. Define the following terms:

(a) injective mapping. [2]


(b) equivalence relation. [2]
(c) subset. [2]
(d) subgroup. [2]

A2. Prove the following formulae for subsets of a set S

(a) (A ∩ B) ∩ C = A ∩ (B ∩ C). [4]


(b) A ∩ (B ∪ C) = (A ∩ B) ∪ (A ∩ C). [4]

A3. The mapping f : Z → Z is given by f (x) = x4 − 1.

(a) What is the image of 2 under f . [3]


(b) What is the image of f . [3]
(c) Is f injective, surjective. [5]

A4. (a) Determine whether the following relations on Z are reflexive, symmetric or tran-
sitive..
(i) xRy means product of x and y is an integer where x, y ∈ Z. [6]
(ii) xRy means x divides y is an integer. [6]
(b) Solve the following congruences for x ∈ Z
(i) 4x ≡ 3(mod 7). [5]
(ii) 2x − 1 ≡ 0(mod 15). [5]

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A5. (a) The set of numbers {3, 5, 7, a} , under multiplication , forms a group. Write down
the value of a. [5]
(b) Suppose G = {1, 3, 5, 7} is a set of integers. Show that G forms a group under
multiplication modulo 8 and write and three subgroups of G. [10]
(c) Suppose H = {1, −1, i, −i} is a set of complex numbers. Show that H forms a
group under multiplication. [6]
(d) Let G = (Z4 , +), H = (Z3 , +);
(i) What is the elements of G × H. [3]
(ii) What is the identity element of G × H. [2]
(iii) What is the inverse of (3, 1) ∈ G × H. [3]

A6. (a) Suppose a ∈ G, G a group, X = {e, a, a3 }. How many different elements has the
subset XY if;
(i) |a| = 4. [3]
(ii) |a| = 6. [3]
(b) Why (Z5 , +) is not acyclic group. [4]
(c) Let G = (Z6 , +) = {(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}. Then H = {0, 1} and K = {0, 2, 4} are
subgroups of G. Find the left cosets of H in G and all left cosets of K in G. [6]
(d) Suppose G is a group and H ≤ G for a, b ∈ G, prove that the relation a ≡ b mod
H is an equivalence relation. [6]

END OF ASSIGNMENT [100]

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