COURSE TITLE: ALGEBRA

I M.Sc. MATHEMATICS P14MA205

UNIT-III
SECTION: 5.1 Extension Fields

SECTION: 5.3 Roots of Polynomials

SECTION: 5.5 More About Roots

1) If L is a finite extension of K and if K is a finite extension of F , then _________

a) F is a finite extension of L b) L is a finite extension of F

c) K is a finite extension of L d) F is a finite extension of K

2) If L is a finite extension of F and K is a subfield of L which contains F , then ________

a) [ L : F ] [ K : F ] b) [ K : F ] [ L : F ] c) [ L : K ] [ K : F ] d) [ L : F ] [ K : L]

3) If no field is properly in between F and L , then [ L : F ] is ___________

a) a prime number b)a composite number

c) a rational number d) none of the above

4) If a  K is algebraic over F , then _________

a) F is a finite extension of K b) F (a) is a finite extension of F

c) K is a finite extension of F d) F is a simple extension of K

5) The element a  K is algebraic of degree n over F if its minimal polynomial over F

is of degree _________

a) (n  1)! b) less than n c) greater than n d) n

6) If a  K is algebraic of degree n over F , then [F (a) : F ]  ___________

a) (n  1) b) n c) n! d) (n  1)

7) If a and b in K are algebraic over F of degree l and m , then ab is algebraic over F of degree
____________

a) atmost lm b) atleast lm c) lm d) less than lm

8) A polynomial of degree n over a field can have ……………..… roots in any extension field.

a) at most n b) at least (n  1) c) at most (n  1) d) at least (n  1)

9) If f ( x)  F[ x] and E is a finite extension of F in which f (x) has a root, then ___________

a) [E : F ]  deg f ( x) b) [E : F ]  deg f ( x) c) [E : F ]  deg f ( x) d) [E : F ]  deg f ( x)

10) If f ( x)  F[ x] is of degree n  1 , then there is an extension E of F of degree__________

in which f (x) has n roots.

a) at most n b) at most (n  1)! c) at most n! d) at most (n  1)

11) If the characteristic of F is p  0 , f (x) has a multiple root if it is of the form

f (x)  _________
2
a) g ( x 2 ) b) g ( x p ) c) g ( x 2 p ) d) g ( x p )

12) If f (x) and f  (x) have a non-trivial common factor, then f (x) has _________

a) distinct roots b) equal roots c) multiple roots d) None of these

13) If f ( x)  F[ x] be irreducible and if the characteristic of F is 0, then f (x) has_________

a) no multiple roots b) no roots c) multiple roots d) None of these

14) If F is a field of characteristic p  0 , then x p  x  F[ x] ( for n  1) has __________

n

a) no multiple roots b) no roots c) multiple roots d) None of these

15) An irreducible polynomial in F[x] has no multiple roots if___________

a) the characteristic of F  0 b) the characteristic of F  0

c) the characteristic of F  1 d) the characteristic of F  1

16) Which one of the following is not true for the field F of characteristic p  0 ?

a) An irreducible polynomial in F[x] has a multiple root

b) the polynomial x p  x  F[ x] ( for n  1) has distinct roots
n

c) f (x) has no multiple roots d) both(a) and (b)

17) If ma  0 for a  0 in F & m  0 , then _______________

a) F is of characteristic 0 b) F is of finite characteristic

c) F is of characteristic p  0 d) none of the above

18) The degree of K over F is the dimension of K as a _________ over F .

a) module b) vector space c) Ring d) none of the above

19) If [L : F ]  6 and [ L : K ]  2 , then [ K : F ]  ___________

a) 4 b) 12 c)3 d)8

20) If L is a finite extension of K and if K is a finite extension of F , then [ L : F ]  ___________

[L : K ] [K : F ]
a) b) c) [L : K ][K : F ] d)none of these
[K : F ] [L : K ]

21)If [L : F ]  1 , then the number of fields properly between F and L is__________

a) 11 b) 2 c) 0 d) 1

22) 2  3 5 is algebraic over Q of degree___________

a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 7

23) What is the degree of 2  5 over Q ?

a) 2 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5

24) If  0 a n  1a n1  ...   n  0 for  0 , 1 ,...,  n in F not all zero, then a in K is______over F .

a) vector b) normal c) algebraic d) scalar

25) An element a  K is said to be algebraic over F if there is a non zero polynomial p( x)  F[ x] ,

for which ___________

a) p(a)  a b) p(a)  0 c) p(a)  0 d) p(a)  a

26) The element a  K is a root of p( x)  F[ x] of multiplicity m if ( x  a) m │ p(x) where as

___________

a) ( x  a) m │ p(x) b) ( x  a) m1 │ p(x)

c) ( x  a) m1 does not divides p(x) c) none of the above

27) A complex number which is not algebraic is called ___________

a) non algebraic b) real number c) transcendental d) irrational

28) A complex number is said to be an algebraic number if it is algebraic over the field of

__________

a) rational numbers b) irrational numbers c) real numbers d) algebraic numbers

29) [Q( 2 ) : Q]  _____________

a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 1 / 2

30) [C : R]  ____________

a) 1 b) 2 c) infinite d) none of these

31) Consider Q,Q( 2 ) and Q( 2 , 3 ) , then ___________

a) [Q( 2 , 3) : Q( 2 )]  [Q( 2 , 3) : Q][Q( 2 ) : Q]

b) [Q( 2 , 3) : Q]  [Q( 2 , 3) : Q( 2 )][Q( 2 ) : Q]

c) [Q( 2 ) : Q]  [Q( 2 , 3) : Q( 2 )][ Q( 2 , 3) : Q]

d) none of these

32) 11 is algebraic over ____________

a) Q b) Q( 11 ) c) Z d) none of these

33) Which of the following is an algebraic extension of Q ?

a) R b) C c) Q( 5 , 7 ) d) Z

34) For any f ( x), g ( x)  F[ x] and   F , which of the following is true?

1) ( f ( x) g ( x))  f ( x) g ( x)  f ( x) g ( x) 2) ( f ( x))   f ( x)
3) ( f ( x) g ( x))  f ( x) g ( x)  f ( x) g ( x) 4) ( f ( x))    f ( x)

a) 1,2 b) 2,3 c) 3,4 d) 1,4

35) Which of the following is/are simple extensions of Q

1. Q( 2 ) 2. Q( 2 , 3 ) 3. Z 4. R

a) 1 only b) 1 and 2 c) 4 d) 2 and 3

36) If f (x) has a multiple root  , then _________

a) f ( x)  ( x   ) m q( x), m  1 b) f ( x)  ( x   ) m q( x), m  1

c) f ( x)  ( x   ) m q( x), m  1 d) f ( x)  ( x   ) m q( x), m  0,1

37) Which of the following is true?

a) Q( 2  3)  Q( 2 , 3) b) Q( 2 , 3 )  Q( 2  3 )


c) Q( 2  3 )  Q( 2 , 3 ) d) none of the above

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38) The degree of the splitting field of x 3  2 over Q is _________

a) 3 b) 2 c) 6 d) 5

39) The splitting field of the polynomial x p  1 over Q is of degree _________

a) p! b) p c) p  1 d) p  1
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Answer Key:

1) b 6) b 11) b 16) c 21) c 26) c 31) b 36) c

2) b 7) a 12) c 17) a 22) c 27) c 32) a 37) a

3) a 8) a 13) a 18) b 23) c 28) a 33) c 38) c

4) b 9) b 14) a 19) c 24) c 29) b 34) b 39) c

5) d 10) c 15) b 20) c 25) b 30) b 35) b