Esercitazione 20/10/2020

Esercizi svolti

1. Let G = hai × hbi with |a| = 24 and |b| = 30 and put g = (a, b) ∈ G.

a. Find |g|
b. Find the number of subgroups of hgi
c. Find |g 54 |
d. Find the number of the elements of hgi whose order is 20.
e. Find the number of the elements of G whose order is 20.

2. Show that if G is a non trivial group with no non trivial subgroups,

then it is cyclic of prime order.

3. Every subgroup of an abelian group is normal. Show, with an example,

that the converse does not hold in general.

4. Let G be a group and H, K ≤ G.We know that HK ≤ G iff HK =

KH. Show with an example that not always HK is a subgroup of G.

5. Compute the left and right cosets of H = {σ ∈ S3 | σ(1) = (1)} in S3 .

Deduce that H is not normal in S3 .

6. Study the order of the elements and the subgroup lattice of the Klein
4-group G = V4 . Deduce that this is an example of abelian group for
which there are two subgroups H and K of G such that

|G : H ∩ K| = |G : H||G : K|

but (|G : H|, |G : K|) 6= 1.

Esercizi proposti

7. Show that the center Z(Sn ) of the symmetric group with n ≥ 3 is

trivial.

8. Let G = hgi a cyclic group of order 80 and H = hg 15 i, K = hg 56 i.

Determine |H|, |K|, |H ∩K| and |hH, Ki|. For each divisor d of |G|, give
the number of subgroups of order d of G and the number of elements
of order d in G?

9. Find an isomorphisms between the Klein 4-group V4 and Z∗8 .

10. Write the right cosets of H in G, where:

a. G = hai cyclic of order 10 and H = ha5 i

b. G = hai cyclic of order 10 and H = ha2 i

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11. Write the elements of A4 .

a. How many cyclic subgroups of order 2 are there?

b. How many cyclic subgroups of order 3 are there?
c. There exists a subgroup of order 4? Is it cyclic?

12. Let G be a group and a ∈ G. If o(a) = n.

a. Show that every conjugates of a has order n.

b. Deduce that xy and yx have the same order.

13. Let G be a group and a ∈ G. If o(a) = n = rs with (r, s) = 1, then

a can be written uniquely as a product of two permutable elements of
order r and s.