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S.No. 7038 19PMA05

(For the candidates admitted from 2019 – 2020 onwards)

M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION

Second Semester

Mathematics

ALGEBRA

Time : Three hours Maximum : 75 marks

PART A — (15  1 = 15 marks)

Answer ALL questions.

1. If a,bG then b is said to be a conjugate of a in

G if there exists an element c G such that
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(a) b  c 1 ac (b) b  c 1 ac
(c) Either (a) and (b) (d) None of these

2. The value of p(5) = ––––––––––

(a) 5 (b) 6
(c) 7 (d) 8
3. The value of 1  p  p2  ... pk 1  ––––––––––

(a) n(k ) (b) n(1)

(c) 0 (d) None of these

4. Every finite abelian group is the direct product of

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(a) Group (b) Cyclic group

(c) Either (a) and (b) (d) None of these

5. If G is an abelian group then 0G P  = –––––––––

(a) pk (b) odd

(c) even (d) 0

6. If G is the internal direct product of N1 , N 2 ,...N n

then for i  j ––––––––––

(a) Ni  N j  0 (b) N i  N j 1

(c) N1  N j   (d) N1  N j  e

7. If a homomorphism is injective then it is called a

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(a) Monomorphism (b) Epimorphism

(c) Isomorphism (d) All the above

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8. The Kernal of the homomorphism of f is defined
by ker ( f ) = ––––––––––
(a) m M / f (m)  
(b) m M / f (m)  0
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of these
9. If f is monomorphism if and only if ker ( f ) =
––––––––––
(a) -1 (b) +1
(c) 0 (d) 
10. The symmetric group of degree 3 is ––––––––––
(a) abelian (b) solvable
(c) not solvable (d) unabelian
11. The –––––––––– isomorphism theorem is also
called as the parallelogram law for isomorphism
(a) fourth (b) third
(c) second (d) first
12. Every commutator subgroup G’ is –––––––––– of G
(a) Normal subgroup
(b) cyclic subgroup
(c) not a normal subgroup
(d) non-cyclic subgroup

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13. If n  2 then the cyclotomic polynomial is
––––––––––
(a) 2 ( x )  x 1 (b) 2 ( x )  x  1

(c) 2 ( x ) x 2 1 (d) 2 ( x )  x 2  1

14. A polynomial of degree n over a field can have

atmost –––––––––– roots in any extension field
(a) two (b) three
(c) n 1 (d) n

15. If the finite field F has P n elements then every

a F satisfies ––––––––––
m
(a) ap  a (b) ap 0
m
(c) ap a (d) ap 0

PART B — (2  5 = 10 marks)

Answer any TWO questions.

16. Show that conjugacy is an equivalence relation on

G.

17. If G and G' are isomorphic abelian group then

show that for every integer S, G(S ) and G ' (S ) are
isomorphic.

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[P.T.O.]
18. Define (a) modules and (b) direct sum and direct
product.

19. Show that the fixed field of G is subfield of K.

20. Show that the multiplicative group of nonzero

elements of a finite field is cyclic.

PART C — (5  10 = 50 marks)

Answer ALL questions.

21. (a) State and prove Cauchy theorem.

Or

(b) State and prove second part of the Sylows

theorem.

22. (a) Prove that two abalian group of order P n are

isomorphic if and only if they have the same
invariants.

Or

(b) Suppose that G is the internal direct product

of N1 , N 2 ,..., N n then for i  J , N i  N j  e
and if a  N i , b N j then show that ab  ba .

23. (a) State and prove Homomorphism theorem.

Or

(b) State and prove second isomorphism

theorem.
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24. (a) If K is a finite extension of F, then G K , F 
is a finite group and its order, oG( K , F )
satisfies o(G K , F )  K : F  .

Or
(b) If p( x ) F [ x ] is solvable by radicals over
F then prove that the Galois group over F of
p(x ) is solvable group.

25. (a) State and prove Frobenius theorem.

Or
(b) State and prove Wedderburn theorem.

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