Math 791 ABSTRACT ALGEBRA

MIDTERM EXAM I (Take-Home)

March 17 (Thu), 2011
Instructor: Yasuyuki Kachi
Line #: 57808.
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This take-home part of Midterm Exam I is worth 60 points and is
due in class Thursday, March 31st, 2011. Submission after 2:15pm,
March 31st will not be accepted. Be sure to write your answers neatly,
precisely, and with complete sentences. You may use notes and handed
out materials, but no outside help. Write solutions in separate sheets.
Print o (one entire set of ) this exam and attach your solution sheet
with them, with the copy of this page on top.
[I] (Take-home; 10pts) (1) Who proved the fundamental theorem of algebra?
(2) Who proved the fact that, for a general algebraic equation

d
z
d
+
d1
z
d1
+ +
1
z +
0
= 0
of degree d 5, there is no formula describing its roots only using radicals and

d
,
d1
, ,
1
,
0
as ingredients?
(3) Who discovered the quaternionic number system?
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Hint for (3)
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: Today
_
March 17th
_
is St. Patricks Day.
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[II] (Take-home; 15pts) Find one algebraic equation of degree 10 with integer
coecients which has
z =
_
_
5

4 1
_
5
as one of its roots. Also, nd all the other complex number roots of the same equation.
[III] (Take-home; 35pts) (1) Find one cubic equation with integer coecients
which has
z = cos
2
7
as one of its roots.
(2) Find one sextic equation with integer coecients which has
z = sin
2
7
as one of its roots.
(3) Prove that
Q
_
7
_
=
_
a +

7 b R

a, b Q
_
is a subeld of R.
(4) Factor
_
the left-hand side of
_
your answer in (2) into two cubics , in such
a way that the coecients of each of those cubics are in Q
_
7
_
. Identify which
cubic has
z = sin
2
7
as one of its roots.
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(5) Evaluate each of
(5a)
_
sin
2
7
_
+
_
sin
4
7
_
+
_
sin
8
7
_
,
(5b)
_
sin
2
7
_ _
sin
4
7
_
+
_
sin
2
7
_ _
sin
8
7
_
+
_
sin
4
7
_ _
sin
8
7
_
, and
(5c)
_
sin
2
7
_ _
sin
4
7
_ _
sin
8
7
_
.
(6) Evaluate

7
+
_

7
_
2
+
_

7
_
4
.
(7) Let
Q
_

7
_
=
_

0
+
1

7
+
2
_

7
_
2
+
3
_

7
_
3
+
4
_

7
_
4
+
5
_

7
_
5
C

0
,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Q
_
.
(7a) Prove that Q
_

7
_
is a subeld of C.
(7b) Prove that
Q
_
7
_
=
_
+

7 C

, Q
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is a subeld of Q
_

7
_
.
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