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GROUP - A (Multiple Choice Type Questions) 1. Choose the correct alternatives for the following: i) Let G be a Group and a, b G. Then (a1 b)1 is equal to a) ab1 c) a1 b1 b) b1 a d) b1 a1

ii) The set {[2], [4], [6], [8]} is a group under multiplication modulo 10. The identity element of the group is a) [2] c) [6] b) [4] d) [8]

iii) Let G be a nite group of even order. Then the number of elements of order 2 in G is a) 2 c) even iv) The generators of the cyclic group (Z, +) are a) 1, -1 c) 0, -1 b) 0, 1 d) 2, -2 b) 4 d) odd

v) Let f : G H be a group homomorphism. Then Im(f ) is a a) Cyclic subgroup of G c) Normal subgroup of G b) Cyclic subgroup of H d) Normal subgroup of H

vi) The number of elements of order 8 in a cyclic group of order 8 is a) 1 c) 2 b) 8 d) 4 vii) In the group S3 of all permutations on {1, 2, 3}; the inverse of a) c) 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 3 1 2 b) d) 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 2 1 2 3 2 3 1 3 2 3 1 is

CSE/IT/SEM-4/M-401/ABSTRACT ALGEBRA/ASSIGNMENT-2014 viii) The number of unit elements of the ring (Z, +, ) is a) 2 c) 1 b) 3 d) innite

ix) Let Z be the set of all integers and be a binary operation on Z dened by a b = a + b +10 for all a, b Z. The identity element of the group (Z, ) is a) 0 c) -10 b) 10 d) 1

x) Let Z be the set of all integers and be a binary operation on Z dened by a b = a + b + 1 for all a, b Z. Then the inverse of the element 5 is a) 5 c) -6 b) -5 d) -7

xi) In an Abelian group (a) = 5 and (b) = 7. Then (ab)14 is equal to a) a c) b GROUP - B (Short Answer Type Questions) b) a1 d) ab

2. Prove that a group (G, ) is commutative if and only if (a b)2 = a2 b2 , for all a, b G. 3. Prove that the identity element of a group is unique. 4. Let (G, ) be a group and a G. Prove that there exists an unique element b G such that a b = b a = e, where e is the identity element of G. 5. Let (G, ) be a group and a G such that (a) = n. (a) If am = e for some positive integer m, then prove that n divides m. (b) Prove that for every positive integer t, (at ) =
n gcd(t,n) .

6. Consider all the complex roots of the equation xn = 1. Show that they form a group under the usual complex multiplication. 7. Let U9 = {[a] Z9 : 0 < a < 9 and gcd(a, 9) = 1}. Show that U9 forms a group under multiplication modulo 9. 8. Find the order of [3] in U14 . 2

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9. Let (G, ) be a group and a, b G. Suppose that a2 = e and a b4 a = b7 . Prove that b33 = e. 10. In the group Z15 nd the order of the following elements: [5], [8] and [10]. 11. Let G be a group and a G. If (a) = 24, then nd out (a4 ), (a7 ) and (a10 ). 12. Let G = {a R : 1 < a < 1}. Dene a binary operation on G by a b = a, b G. Show that (G, ) is a group. 13. Find out the order of each element in the Group S3 . 14. Find out the inverse element of (123) S3 . 15. Find out the order of the permutation (1234)(56) S6 . 16. Find out the inverse of the permutation (1234)(56) S6 . 17. Prove that intersection of any two subgroup of a group G is also the subgroup of G. 18. Give a counterexample to show that union of two subgroups of G is not necessarily a subgroup of G. 19. Let G be a group and H be a nonempty nite subset of G. Then H is a subgroup of G if and only if for all a, b H, ab H . 20. Let (G, ) be a group and a G. Then the Centraliser of a is dened by C (a) = {x G : x a = a x}. Prove that C (a) is a subgroup of G. 21. Let (G, ) be a group. The Center of the group G is dened by Z (G) = {x G : g x = x g for all g G}. Prove that Z (G) is a subgroup of G. 22. If G is a commutative group , then prove that H = {a G : a2 = e} is a subgroup of G. 23. Show that every cyclic group is commutative. Give a counterexample to show that every commutative group is not cyclic. 24. Show that the 7 th roots of unity form a cyclic group. Find all the generators of this group. 25. Prove that every subgroup of a cyclic group is cyclic. 3
a+ b 1+ab

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26. Let H be a subgroup of a nite group G. Prove that the order of H divides the order of G. 27. Let H be a subgroup of a group G. Then prove that {aH : a G} forms a partition of G. 28. Prove that every group of prime order is cyclic. 29. Let G be a group of nite order n and a G. Then (a) divides n and an = e.