COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT)

Islamabad Campus,
Assignment #2 Spring 2020
Program: BSM (III) Max Marks: 10
Subject: Abstract Algebra (MTH 232) Date: July 17, 2020
Instructor: Dr. Mairaj Bibi Deadline: July 23, 2020.

Q#1: Find all the generators of the cyclic group . Also find all the subgroups (generators,
order and complete list of elements of each subgroup) of the cyclic group .

Q#2: Let be a group. Prove that the map from to itself defined by is
homomorphism if and only if is abelian.

Q #3: Let and be the permutations given by:

( )

( )

Find the cycle decompositions of the following permutations: Also

determine whether and are even or odd permutation.

Q#4: Compute the order of each of the elements in the group .

Q#5: Find the order of (1 12 8 10 4)(2 13)(5 11 7)(6 9).

Q#6: Let H be a subgroup of G and fix some element . Prove that is a subgroup of
G of the same order as H.

Q#7: Discuss the multiplicative group of invertible 2×2 matrices with entries in
(What is the order of the group, order of its elements, Is it cyclic, if yes what would be the
generators).

Good Luck