3 (Sem-1) MAT M 1 (0) 2019 MATHEMATICS ( Major ) Papers 1.1 ( Algebra and Trigonometry ) Full Marks : 80 Time : 3 hours The figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions 1. Answer the following questions : 110=10 (a), Does the set of all integers form a group with respect to addition _of integers? (b) What is the degree of the following permutation? ery cee oH 1 Wo” 3 al BSysi) 20A/389 ( Turn Over )series, find the value ee al 2 _f-7 -5 a-|5 S]anae-[, 2 then show that Bis the inverse of A. (@) IfAisannxn non-singular matrix, then prove that 3 Jadj A] = |A["* @ What is the echelon form of the (e) Write -i in the form fy soar A=) 3 r(cos@ + isin @) a ‘ ( Continued ) 204/389 ( Turn Over )(a) 3. Answer the following questions : 5x2=10 (a) Prove that every subgroup of a cyclic group is cyclic. (b) Express log,(x+iy) in the form A+iB, where x, ye R. Or Prove that a2+fp2=e"tl" if i*® a4 HB. 4. Answer any two questions of the 5x2=10 following : a, B,y are the roots of the ay equation x? - px? +qx-r=0, then find the value of Sa in terms of p, 4 and r. ( Continued ) 20A/389 (5) (b) If the roots of the equation oom x3 -ax? +bx-c=0 be in harmonic progression, then show that the mean root is = () Apply Descartes’ rule of signs to find the nature of the roots of the equation 3x4 +12x2+5x-4=0. 5. Answer any one part : (a) Let Abea non-empty set and let R be an equivalence relation in A. Let aand b be arbitrary elements in A. Then prove that— (@) (a]=[b] iff (a, DER; (i) either [a] = [b] or [a] [b] = 6. (b) State and prove fundamental theorem on equivalence relation. 20A/389 ( Turn Over ) 10(6) 6. Answer any one part : (a) (i) If His any subgroup of G and hed, then prove that Hh =H =hH., (ii) If a, b are any two elements of a group G and H any subgroup of G, then prove that Ha=Hb = ab" €H. (b) If H is a subgroup of G, then prove that there is a one-to-one correspondence between the set of left cosets of H in G and the set of right cosets of Hin G. 7. Answer any one part : (a) Separate into real and imaginary parts of (a + if)**. (b) Ifsin(a + iB) = x+y, then prove that— f) x? cosec?a — y” sec? a = 1; fii) x? sech?B+ y?cosech”B 20A/389 10 10 ( Continued ) (7) 8. Answer any one part : 10 (a) For what values of n, the equations xtytzal x+2y+ 4z=n x+4y+10z= n? them have a_ solution? Solve completely in each case. (b) Prove that every square matrix A ‘~ can be expressed in one and only one way as P + iQ, where P and Q are Hermitian matrices. kk 20A—3500/389 3 (Sem-1) MAT M