Institut UCAM-ICAM

Parcours Ouvert OP
Algebra assessment
Academic year: 2021-2022
Duration: 2h

Exercice 1:
√ √ √
1. Let us assume
√ that
√ 2,√ 3, 6 are irrational numbers.
Show that: 2 + 3 + 6 ∈ / Q.
2. Give an example of a group structure where the internal operation is the multiplication.
3. Let n be an integer such that n > 1.
Justify that the set of multiples of n, denoted by nZ, verifies all properties of a ring
structure except the existence of the identity element 1.
4. Let A be the set of odd integers denoted as A = {2n + 1, n ∈ Z}
and B = {n ∈ Z/n2 − 4 < 21} .
a) Is the following statement B ⊂ A correct? Justify your answer.
b) Determine the sets A ∩ B and A ∪ B.

Exercice 2:
Let f be a function such that:
f :R→R
2x
x 7→ f (x) =
1 + x2
1) Is the function f injective? Surjective?
2) Prove that: ∀x ∈ R, −1 ≤ f (x) ≤ 1.
3) Prove that the restriction:
g : [−1, 1] → [−1, 1]
x 7→ g(x) = f (x)
is a bijection.

Exercise 3:
1) Solve the following equation in C:
z 3 − 4iz 2 − (6 + i)z + 3i − 1 = 0
assuming that an imaginary solution exists.
2) Develop the following quantity:
Q = (i − 2)6 .
3) Prove that for n ∈ N∗ and k ∈ N∗ , k ≤ n:
k−1
Cnk = Cn−1 k
+ Cn−1 .