COURSE TITLE: ALGEBRA

I M.Sc. MATHEMATICS P14MA205

UNIT-IV

SECTION: 5.6 The elements of Galois Theory

1) The fixed field of group of automorphisms of K _____________

a) contains K c) is contained in K

b) is contained only in some extension of K d) contains all the automorphisms of K

2) If K is the field of complex numbers and F is the field of real numbers, then the order of

G( K , F ) is ____________

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

3) If K is the field of complex numbers and F is the field of real numbers. The fixed field of

G( K , F ) is____________

a) K b) F c)  d) none of the above

4) If F is the field of rational numbers and K  F (3 2 ) , then every element in K is of the form

_____________

a)  0  1 3 2   2 (3 2 ) 2 c)  0 3 2  1 (3 2 ) 2   2 (3 2 ) 3

b)  0   1 3 2   2 ( 3 2 ) 2   3 (3 2 ) 3 d)  0   1 3 2

5) If F0 is the field of rational numbers and K  F0 (3 2 ) , then the fixed field of G( K , F0 )

is_____________

a) F0 b) all of K c) not F0 d) both (b) and (c)

6) If F0 is the field of rational numbers and K is the smallest field containing F0 and  ,
 then [ K : F0 ]  _____________Where   1 is a 5th roots of unity.

a) 5 b) 4 c) 3 d) 1

7) Identify the function which is not an elementary symmetric function in x1 , x2 , x3 .

a) x1  x2  x3 b) x1 x2  x1 x3  x2 x3 d) x1  x2  x3
2 2 2
c) x1 x2 x3

8) If a1 , a2 ,..., an are the elementary symmetric functions in x1 , x2 ,..., xn , then the degree of the

splitting field of the nth degree polynomial whose roots are xi , i  1,2,..., n over

S  F (a1 , a2 ,..., an ) is______________

a) (n  1) b) n! c) n d) n  1

9) If F is the field of rational numbers and f ( x)  x 4  x 2  1  F[ x] and E  F ()

(1  3i)
Where   is the splitting field of f (x) , then o(G(K , F )) is _____________
2

a) 2 b) does not exceed 2 c) less than 3 d) none of the above

10) If K is a finite extension of F such that F is the fixed field of G( K , F ) , then K is

___________of F .

a) normal extension b) simple extension c) splitting field d) both (a) and (c)

11) If K is a simple extension of F with some   K ,then the order of the group of

automorphisms of K relative to F ( ) is ___________

a) 1 b) less than or equal to 1 c) greater than 3 d) zero

12) If F is the fixed field of G( K , F ) , then _____________

a) K is a normal extension of F c) K is a simple extension of F

b) F is an extension of K F d) F is a simple extension of K

13) If K is a normal extension of F , then the degree of K over the fixed field of any subgroup

H of G( K , F ) is the order of ______________

a) K b) F c) H d) G( K , F )
14) The Galois group of x 3  2 over F0 is isomorphic to the symmetric group of degree

___________

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

15) The splitting field of x 2  x  3 over the field of rational numbers F0 is__________

a) F0 b) F0 ( 11i ) c) F0 ( 11 ) d) F0 (3 11i )

16) The polynomial x 4  x 3  x 2  x  1 is irreducible over the field of ______________

a) rational numbers b) complex numbers c) positive numbers d) integers

17) The splitting field of the polynomial p( x)  x 2  3x  4  Q[ x] is Q() , where  2 

___________  Q

a) 3 b) 4 c) 7 d) -7

18) If K is the field of real numbers which contains F and G is the group of identity

automorphism of K , then the fixed field of G _____________

a) contains only some elements of K c) contains only some elements of F

b) contains all the elements of K d) contains all the elements of F

19) An automorphism of the field K is a mapping of K

a) into K b) into K  K c) onto K d) onto K  K

20) If  is any automorphism of C and  (i 2 )  1 for i 2  1, then  (i)  ________

a) i b)  1 c)  i d) 1

21)A symmetric polynomial in x1 , x2 , x3 is a polynomial in the ________ function is in x1 , x2 , x3

a) elementary symmetric b) elementary transitive c) symmetric d) antisymmetric

22) A complex number  is a primitive n th root of unity if _______ but ________for 0  m  n

a)  n  1 &  m  1 b)  n  1 &  m  1 c)  n  1 &  m  1d)  n  1 &  m  1

23) There are ___________ primitive 12th roots of unity.

a) 4 b) 5 c) 6 d) 3

24) What is the sum of the product of the roots taken three at a time of the polynomial

x 4  5x 3  6 x 2  7 x  1  0 ?

a) 6 b) -7 c) 5 d) -1

25) If K is the splitting field of f ( x)  F[ x] ,  is a root of f (x) and   G( K , F ) , then

__________ is also a root of f (x) .

a)  2 ( ) b)  2 ( ) c)  ( ) d)  ( )

26) There is a one-to-one correspondence between the subfields of the splitting fields of

f ( x)  F[ x] and the subgroups of its _______________

a) solvable group b) normal group c) Galois group d) abelian group

27) If  is a primitive 5th root of unity, Q() be the splitting field of x 5  1  0 and

 : Q()  Q() is an automorphism, then  ( 0  1   2 2   3 3 ) =

__________________when  i  Q

a)  0  1 2   2 3   3 4 b)  0  1 2   2 4   3 5

c)  0  1 2   2 4   3 6 d)  0  1 3   2 5   3 7

28) If 1 , 2 ,...,  ( n) are the  (n) primitive n th roots of unity, then the polynomial

p( x)  ( x  1 )( x  2 )...( x   ( n) ) is called the n th _______________polynomial.

a) cyclotomic b) chromotic c) primitive d) none of these

29)If G( K , F ) is the Galois group of f ( x)  F[ x] and if T  K is a normal extension of F ,

then [T : F ] =______________

a) Index of G(K , T ) in G( K , F ) c) Index of G(K , T ) in G(T , F )

b) Index of G(T , F ) in G( K , F ) d) Index of G( K , F ) in G(T , F )
30) If G( K , F ) is the Galois group of f ( x)  F[ x] and if T  K is a normal extension of F ,

then G(T : F ) is isomorphic to _______________

G(K , F ) G(K ,T ) G(K , F ) G(K ,T )

a) b) c) d)
G(K ,T ) G(K , F ) G (T , F ) G (T , F )

31) If 2  i 3 is a root of p( x)  Q[ x] , then _____________ is also a root of p(x) .

a)  2  i 3 b) 2  i 3 c)  2  i 3 d) none of the above

32) If  is a primitive 5th root of unity, then the elements of the splitting field of the polynomial

x 5  1  Q[ x] areof the form __________________where  i  Q

a)  0  1 b)  0  1   2 2

c)  0  1   2 2   3 3 d)  0  1   2 2   3 3   4 4

33) If G( K , F ) is the Galois group of f ( x)  F[ x] , then G(K , T ) is a normal subgroup of G( K , F )

if and only if ________________

a) K is a normal extension of T b) T is a normal extension of F

c) K is a normal extension of F d) none of the above

 UNIT-IV

Answer Key:

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

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

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

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

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