Midterm 1

Problem 0

0.1:

Pasted image 20250506150553.png
A subgroup is a subset which is a group under the same operation. This could be Z and nZ.

0.2

Pasted image 20250506150739.pngKernel of a homomorphism ϕ:G1G2 is all such elements where ϕ(g)=0 for gG1. An example of this would be multiples of 5 in ψ:ZZ5 def by ψ(Z1)=Z2(mod5)

Problem 1

1.1

Pasted image 20250506151135.png

  1. Reflexive: xx
    1. This fails, as if we let x be 0 then 000. Thus this is not an equivalence relation.

1.2

Pasted image 20250506151412.png

  1. Reflectivity:
    1. aa, bb , dd. However we do not have it so cc so the first pair we need to add is (c,c)
  2. Symmetry:
    1. (a,c)(c,a)
    2. however, (b,d) does not imply (d,b) so this pair would also need to be added.
      We could check transitivity, however we found all the needed pairs. So I would add (c,c) and (d,b)

Problem 2

2.1:

Pasted image 20250506152008.png

  1. Stack notation:
    1. we have that the permutation takes the following:
      1. 1 -> 4
      2. 2 -> 7
      3. 3 -> 2
      4. 4 -> 1
      5. 5 -> 3
      6. 6 -> 8
      7. 7 -> 5
      8. 8 -> 6
    2. The cyclic notion is:
      1. (14)(2753)(68)
        1. remember disjointed cycles commute
    3. Order: LCM(2,4,2)=4.
    4. (12345678)(87654321)
      1. also just any disjointed permutations, (1234)(5678) as S8 contains all elements from S<8

2.2

Pasted image 20250506154226.png

  1. All subgroups if a cyclic subgroup are cyclic. So we are looking at :
    1. 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14
    2. Now some of these subgroups are the same, note:
      1. 14={14,13,12,11....}=1
    3. I want to use the same logic as in All Ideals in integers mod n to state that it is devisiors and every group goes down to the gcd, so here we have:
    4. 0,1,3,5.
      1. Another way to think about this is the order of the subgroup must devide the parent group, which would make it only the following.

Problem 3

3.1

Pasted image 20250506160343.png

  1. Proof:
    1. Assume:ϕ(x)=ϕ(y)
    2. Then notice:ϕ(xy1)=ϕ(x)ϕ(y1)=ϕ(y)ϕ(y1)=ϕ(yy1)=ϕ(id)=id
    3. In the other direction assume xy1 is in the Kernel. Then,ϕ(xy1)=ϕ(x)ϕ(y1)=ϕ(x)ϕ(y)1=id=ϕ(y)ϕ(y)1
    4. Specifically noticeϕ(x)ϕ(y)1=ϕ(y)ϕ(y)1
    5. By performing ϕ(y) on the right we see thatϕ(x)=ϕ(y)
  2. Given solution. Wrote it out because its kinda interesting:ϕ(x)=ϕ(y)ϕ(x)ϕ(y)1=emϕ(xy1)=emxy1ϕ1(em)xy1Kerϕ

3.2

Pasted image 20250506162729.png
Things needed for a group:

  1. Identity:
    1. Closure is met as you cannot go outside X by definition
    2. Identity: Clearly, you can define an isomorphism ϕ(x)=x thus this works as the identity as its homomorphic and bijective.
    3. Associativity: is met through the composition of functions, as composition of functions is associative.
    4. Inverse: By definition isomorphism are reversible, thus for any isomorphism ψ we can define its inverse as ψ1.

3.3

Pasted image 20250506163813.png

  1. [V:T]=2 means there are 2 cosets of T in V.
  2. This means there are only two cosets that partition V, for v,wV,T
    1. eT and vT for the left
    2. Te and Tw for the right cosets.
  3. as e commutes, we know eT=Te. so it follows vT=Tw as this is the only other coset that can exist.