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BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMME

(BDP)
Term-End Examination,
December 2019
Elective Course : MATHEMATICS
MTE-06 :ABSTRACT ALGEBRA
Time : 2 Hours] [Maximum Marks : 50
(Weightage : 70%)

Note : (i) Question No. 7 is Compulsory.

(ii) Answer any four questions from 1 to 6.
(iii) Use of calculators is not allowed.

1. a) Let G be a group and a, b, c E G. Show that if abc = 1,

then cab = 1 = bca. Here 1 is the identity element
of G. 2
b) Let G be a group whose every element is of order
two. Prove that G is abelian. 2
c) Use the fundamental theorem of Homomorphism to
prove that the rings 18 2 and 10/1R 2 are isomorphic.
6

2. a) Check whether or not the set of bijective mappings

from Z to itself form a non-abelian group. 4

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b) Give one example of each of the following, with

justification : 4
i) An infinite ring of characteristic 7.
ii) A finite ring that is not an integral domain.

c) Check whether or not 'L[x] is an ideal of R[x] . 2

(1 2 3 4 5 6 7
3. a) Check if is in A 7 or not. Also
3 2 1 4 5 6 ,

find the order of this element. 4

b) Prove that in a ring Ik with identity a non-zero

nilpotent element is a zero divisor and a unit is not
a zero divisor. 4

c) Check whether or not S = a +bill :a,b c Q} is a

subgroup of R . 2

4. a) Prove that every ideal of a Euclidean domain is

principal. Find p[x] in R[x] such that

(p(x))= (x 2 —1,x 3 +1). 5

b) What are the possible algebraic structures of a group

of order 99. 5

5. a) Use the principle of mathematical induction to prove

that n2 < 2" for n 5. 3

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b) Give two distinct maximal ideals in the polynomial
ring Q[x] , with justification. 3
c) Find Z(D3 ) and two distinct cosets of Z(D 8) in D8. 4

6. a) Check whether or not the set of real numbers is a

ring with identity with respect to and O defined
as below: 7
aSb=a+b+5,a0b=a•b+a Fb, Va,b - IR ,

Where + and • denote the usual addition and

multiplication of real numbers.
b) Check whether or not 7x 4 - 36x3 - 6x2 + 18x - 12 is
irreducible in Q[x] . 3

7. Which of the following statements are true, and which

are not? Give reasons for your answers in the form of a
short proof or a counter-example. 10
i) There is no non-abelian group of order 12.
ii) If in a group G every element is of finite order, then
G is of finite order.
iii) The homomorphic image of a non-cyclic group is
non-cyclic.
iv) If a
is an integral domain, then R /I is an integral
domain for every non-zero ideal I of R .

v) If I and J are ideals of a ring R, then so is I U J

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