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MM 1545

FIFTH SEMESTER B Sc DEGREE EXAMINATION


FIRST DEGREE PROGRAMME UNDER CBCSS
MATHEMATICS
Core Course
MM 1545- ABSTRACT ALGEBRA I
(2014-2017 Admissions)

Time: Three Hours Max. Marks : 80


. .

Section-I
Answer all questions. Each question carries one mark.

1. Compute 21 +30 19 where +30 denotes the addition modulo 30.

2. Determine whether the binary operation ∗ defined on Q by a∗b = ab+1 is associative.

3. Define a group.

4. Find the number of subgroups of Z20 .

5. Find all generators of Z12


   
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
6. Find στ where σ = and τ = are two permuta-
4 2 5 3 1 3 5 4 2 1
tions on A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}.

7. Write the permutation (13256)(23)(46512) in S6 as a product of disjoint cycles.

8. What is a cycle in permutation.

9. Find the order of the element (2, 6) in Z4 × Z12 . .


 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
10. Determine whether the permutation σ = is even or odd.
8 2 6 3 7 4 5 1

Section-II
Answer any 8 questions. Each question carries 2 marks.

11. Is division a binary operation on the set N of natural numbers ? Justify your answer.

12. Show that ⟨2Z, +⟩ is isomorphic to ⟨Z, +⟩.

13. Show that a binary structure ⟨S, ∗⟩ has at most one identity element.

14. Prove that left and right cancellation laws hold in a group.
15. Prove that if G is a group with the property that the square of every element is the
identity, then G is Abelian

16. Show that every cyclic group is abelian.


 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
17. Find the orbits of the permutation σ = in S8 .
3 8 6 7 4 1 5 2

18. Determine whether the function f : R → R defined by f (x) = x+1 is a permutation


of R.

19. Show that the identity permutation i in Sn for n ≥ 2 is an even permutation.

20. Find the index of < 3 > in the group Z24 .

21. If a is an element of a finite group G, prove that a|G| = e

22. What is the order of the product of a pair of disjoint cycles of lengths 4 and 6 ?

Section-III
Answer any 6 questions. Each question carries 4 marks.

23. Suppose that ∗ is an associative and commutative binary operation on a set S. Show
that H = {a ∈ S : a ∗ a = a} is closed under ∗.

24. Show that the set G of integral powers of a fixed integer is a group with respect to
usual multiplication. Discuss the order of the group.

25. Show that a non empty subset H of a group G is a subgroup of G if ab−1 ∈ H


whenever a and b are in H.

26. Find all subgroups of Z18 and give their subgroup diagram.

27. Prove that every permutation of a finite set is a product of disjoint cycles.

28. Show that for every subgroup H of Sn for n ≥ 2, either all the permutations in H
are even or exactly half of them are even.

29. Exhibit the left cosets and right cosets of the subgroup 3Z of Z

30. Let G be a group of order pq, where p and q are prime numbers. Show that every
proper subgroup of G is cyclic.

31. Show that disjoint cycles commute

Section-IV
Answer any 2 questions. Each question carries 15 marks.

32. a) Let G be an Abelian group and H and K be subgroups of G. Show that


HK = {hk : h ∈ H, k ∈ K} is a subgroup of G. (6 Marks)
b) Let G be a cyclic group with generator a.
(i) If the order of G is infinite, then show that G is isomorphic to ⟨Z, +⟩.
(ii) If G has finite order n, then show that G is isomorphic to ⟨Zn , +n ⟩.
. (9 Marks)
n
33. a) Let G =< a > be a cyclic group of order n. Prove that | < ak > | =
gcd(n, k)
. (7 Marks)
b) If ϕ : G → G is an isomorphism from a group G onto a group G then prove
that:
(i) ϕ carries the identity of G to the identity of G.
(ii) G =< a > if and only if G =< ϕ(a) >. (8 Marks)

34. a) Let A be a nonempty set, and let SA be the collection of all permutations of
A. Prove that SA is a group under permutation multiplication. . (5 Marks)
b) Prove that every group is isomorphic to a group of permutations. (10 Marks)
n!
35. a) Show that alternating Group An of degree n > 1 has order . . (7 Marks)
2
b) State and prove Lagrange’s Theorem. (6 Marks)
c) Show that if a is an element of a group G, then order |a| of a is less than or
equal to |G|. (2 Marks)

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