TEST II Sample

1. Determine all the abelian groups of order 2

4
7
3
unto isomorphism. How many abelian groups of order
2
4
7
3
are there up to isomorphism? How many of them are cyclic? Justify your answer.
2. How many abelian groups of order 7
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are there up to isomorphism? Why?
3. Show that if I and J are two left ideals of R, then so is I J.
4. R is a commutative ring. Two ideals I and J are called comaximal in R if I +J = R. Show that (2)
and (3) are comaximal in Z. Are (2) and (3) comaximal in Z
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? Justify your answer.
5. R, S are commutative rings. : R S is a ring homomorphism. J is an ideal of R. Prove that

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J = {r|(r) J} is an ideal of R. Prove that
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J is an ideal that contains the kernel of .
6. Let R = Q[x] be the polynomial ring. T = {f|f(3) = f(2)}. Is T an ideal of R? Why?
7. Let R = Q[x]. T = {f|f(3) = 0}. Is T an ideal of R? Why?
8. R is a commutative ring. a R. : R[x] R is given by (f(x)) = f(a).
i. Show that is a ring homomorphism.
ii. What is the kernel of ?
iii. What is the image of ?
9. Determine if the following are irreducible in Z[x].
i. x
3
+ 3x
2
9x + 15
ii x
3
3x
2
3x + 5
iii. x
5
2
11. Prove that a commutative ring that has exactly two ideals is a eld.
12. Prove that a nite integral domain is a eld.
10. Give examples of :
i. An innite non commutative ring.
ii. A ring with zero divisors.
iii. A commutative ring that is not a domain.
iv. A subset of a ring that is not an ideal.
v. A ring R and a principal ideal of R.
vi. A ring homomorphism that is neither trivial nor an identity.
vii. An irreducible polynomial in Z
3
[x].
viii. A eld with 5 elements.
ix. A commutative ring R that strictly contains Z and is strictly contained in the real numbers.
x. A eld F that contains the rational numbers and is contained in the complex numbers but is not
equal to either of these.
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