Homework 2

(Due 03.20)

1. Let G = {g C | g n = 1 for some n N}. Show that G with multiplication is a

group.
2. Given two groups G and H, we denote their Cartesian product by G H whose
elements are of the form (g, h) for g G and h H. Show that the product G H
with an operation given by (g, h)(g , h ) := (gg , hh ) is a group.
3. Let G be a nite group and let x and y be distinct elements of order 2 in G that
generate G. Prove that G
= D2n , where n = |xy|.
4. Show that Z/nZ with multiplication is not a group for n 2.
5. Compute (Z/12Z) .
6. Write out multiplication tables for D6 and S3 . Are they have the same structure?
7. Let G be an abelian group. Prove that {g G | |g| < } is a subgroup of G
(called the torsion subgroup of G). Give an explicit example where this set is not a
subgroup when G is non-abelian.
8. Prove that the subset Tn (R) = {A GLn (R) | Aij = 0 if i < j} of the group
GLn (R) is a subgroup.
9. Show that {g D2n | g 2 = 1} is not a subgroup of D2n .
10. Let S8 be a permutation such that (1) = 3, (2) = 6, (3) = 4, (4) =
1, (5) = 8, (6) = 2, (7) = 5, (8) = 7. Express this permutation as a product of
disjoint cycles and a product of transpositions.