M.Sc.

I (Mathematics) Sem-I (CBCS / Old)

0161 / PSCMTHT01 - Paper-I : Algebra-I

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Time : Three Hours *1613* Max. Marks : 100
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Notes : 1. Solve all five questions.
2. All questions carry equal marks.

UNIT - I

1. a) Show that every group is isomorphic to be a permutation group. 10

b) Show that of H and K be normal subgroups of G and K  H then 10

(G / K) / (H / K) G / H .

OR

c) Prove that, let G be a group acting on set X then the set of all orbits in X under G is a 10
partition of X for any x  X there is a bijection G x → G / G x and hence G x =  G : G x 
therefore, if X is finite set X =  G : G x  where C is a subset of X containing exactly
xC
one element from each orbit.

d) Let G be a group then prove that G is isomorphic in to the symmetric group SG . Also show 10
that every group of order p 2 is abelian.

UNIT - II

2. a) Show that a group G is solvable iff G has a normal series with abelian factors. Further prove 10
that a finite group is solvable iff it's composition factors are cyclic group of prime order.

b) Define : Solvable group & nilpotent group let G be a nilpotent group. Then prove that every 10
subgroup of G and every homomorphic image of G are nilpotent.

OR

c) Show that : 10
i) The Jordan - Holder theorem implies the fundamental theorem of arithmetic.
ii) Let G be a group of order pn , p is prime then G has a composition series such that all
it's composition factors are of order p.

d) Show that A n is a normal subgroup of Sn . If n > 1, A n is of index 2 in Sn & hence 10

1
| A n | = n!
2

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 UNIT - III

3. a) Show that the group ( Z | (8) , + ) can not be written as the direct sum of two non-trivial 10
subgroup.

b) Show that there are no simple groups of orders 63, 56 and 36. 10

OR

c) Show that there are only two non-abelian groups of order 8. 10

d) Let G be a group of order 108. Show that there exists a normal subgroup of order 27 or 9. 10

UNIT - IV

4. a) Define : 10
i) Finitely generated ideal
ii) Principal ideal if (Ai )i be a family of right (left) ideals in a ring R then
show that i Ai is also a right (left) ideal.

b) Let F be homomorphism of a ring R into a ring S with Kernel N then prove that 10
R / N Im F .

OR

c) Prove that let (Ni )i be a family of R-submodules of an R-modules. Then i Ni is 10
also an R submodules.

d) Show that - 10
i) The only homomorphism from the ring of integer z to z are the identity and zero
mappings.
ii) If A & B are ideals in R such that B  A then R | A = (R/B) (A/B).

5. a) If G be a group such that (ab)n = a n bn for three consecutive integers then show that 5
ab = ba.

b) Show that an abelian group G has a composition series iff G is finite. 5

c) If G is a group of order pq where p and q are distinct primes and G has normal subgroups 5
H of order p and a normal subgroup K of order q then show that G is cyclic.

d) Let R be a commutative ring with unity in which each ideal is prime then show that R is a 5
field.

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