A4900: ALGEBRA I

HANDOUT 3
KHALID BOU-RABEE
Introduction
This handout covers pages 37-64 (minus 7) in our text. That is, we cover
sections 4, 5, 6, and 8.
1. In class problems
(1) Show that any subgroup of an abelian group is normal.
(2) Give an example of a subgroup that is not normal. Here, you must prove
that your example works.
(3) Determine all the right cosets of

in Z
6
.
(4) Show that the kernel of any homomorphism is always normal.
(5) Let G be a group. Let H be a subgroup of G. Show that the x y
xy
1
H is an equivalence relation. Does this equivalence relation preserve
multiplication? What if H is normal?
(6) Dene the diagonal subgroup of R R to be H = {(x, x) : x R}, where
the operation is addition on each component. Describe the right cosets of
H in R R geometrically.
(7) Dene a diagonal subgroup for any G G where G is a group. Is it true
that the diagonal subgroup is always normal?
(8) Prove that every element in Q/Z has nite order.
(9) Show that S
3
, the symmetric group on 3 letters, is a Dihedral group.
(10) Realize the dihedral group as G(X) for some structured set X.
(11) If G
1
is isomorphic to G
2
and H
1
is isomorphic to H
2
does it follow that
G
1
G
2
is isomorphic to H
1
H
2
?
(12) Let G and H be groups. When is GH cyclic?
Homework 3 (due next Thursday, September 18)
Read pages 37-64 (minus 7) carefully, then do the following problems. If you
get stuck on a problem for long, email me: khalid.math@gmail.com
pp. 40 7, 10
pp. 45 10, 11, 19
pp. 51 8, 11
pp. 63 1, 9, 12
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