AALIM MUHAMMED SALEGH COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

MA8551- ALGEBRA AND NUMBER THEORY
ASSIGNMENGT- III
PATR A

1. Define Group and give an example.

2. Give an example for a cyclic group along with its generators.
3. Define a subgroup and give one proper subgroup of ( Z 6 , + 6 ) .
a b   a b  
4. Let G =   a , b, c , d  Z  be a group under addition. Let H =     G a + b + c + d = 0 .
 c d    c d  
Prove that H is a subgroup of G?
5. Find the factors of x 4 + 4 in Z5[x].
6. How many units are there in the ring Z5[x]? How many in Z7[x]?

PART B

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1. If * defined on Q* by a*b = . S.T (Q+, *) is a group?
2
 0 1
2. Let A =   . Verify that  A, A , A , A  is an abelian group under matrix multiplication.
2 3 4

 −1 0 
 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
3. In the group S5 , let  =   and  =   . Determine
 2 3 1 4 5  2 1 5 3 4
 ,  ,  3 ,  4 ,  −1 ,  −1 , ( )−1 , (  ) −1 &  −1 −1 .
4. Determine whether ( Z ,,) is a ring with binary operations x  y = x + y − 7, x  y = x + y − 3xy for
all x, y  Z .
a 0 
5. Let S =    | a, b, c    be the subset of the ring R = M 2 ( ) . Prove that S is a subring.
b c  
6. Give the characteristic for each of the following:
(i). (ii). (iii). (iv). .
7. Construct the field of 25 elements.