MAT301H5S

Groups and Symmetries

组和对称代写 The University of Toronto Mississauga and you, as a student, share a commitment to academic integrity. You are reminded that…

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  • This exam consists of 8 questions for a total of 80 marks.
  • The exam consists of 9 pages including the cover page. Unless otherwise stated, show your work.
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NOTE: Unless otherwise stated, the operation in Z and Q is ordinary addition, the operation in Zn is addition modulo n, the operation in U (n) is multiplication modulo n, the operation in GL(2, R) is matrix multiplication, and the operation in Sn and Dn is composition. 组和对称代写

Question 1. Parts (a) and (b) are unrelated. 组和对称代写

(a) (5 Marks) Suppose G is a group with 7 elements of order  Prove that G is not cyclic.

 

(b) (5 Marks) Suppose x ∈ G, where G is a  If a, b ∈ Z such that b|a, prove that ⟨xa⟩ ⊆ ⟨xb⟩. 组和对称代写

 

Question 2. Parts (a) and (b) are unrelated.

(a) (5 Marks) Show that Q+ (the set of positive rational numbers) under multiplication is not isomorphic to Q under addition. 组和对称代写

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(b) (5 Marks) Is S4 isomorphic to Z6 ⊕ U (5)? If yes, prove  If no, justify your answer.

 

Question 3.  (10 Marks) Let G = Z     Z10, and let H =   g     G :  g  =      or  g  = 1 .  Is H a subgroup of  G?  If yes,  prove it, if no,  give an example showing one of the properties of a subgroup fails. 组和对称代写

 

Question  4. (10  Marks)  Let  G  be  an  Abelian  group,  and  let  G6  =  {g  ∈  G  :  g6  =  e},  and

G6 = {g6 : g ∈ G}.  Prove that G/G6 ∼= G6. 组和对称代写

 

Question 5. Let 组和对称代写

(a) (3 Marks) Prove that G is a group under usual matrix multiplication. 组和对称代写

 

(b) (3 Marks) Prove that H is a subgroup of G.

 

(c) (4 Marks) Is H a normal subgroup of G? Justify your answer. 组和对称代写

 

Question 6. (10 Marks) Suppose φ : Z30 G is a surjective homomorphism, where G = 5. Find ker φ. 组和对称代写

 

Question 7. (10 Marks) Prove that Aut(S10) is not cyclic. 组和对称代写

 

Question 8. (10 Marks) A subgroup H of a group K is called a characteristic subgroup if φ(H) = H for all φ   Aut(K). Prove that if H is a characteristic subgroup of K, and K is a normal subgroup of G, then H is a normal subgroup of G. 组和对称代写

 

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