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Quotient groups and quotient rings

Quotient groups and quotient rings

Warm-upHuman

The Klein four-group V={e,(1 2)(3 4),(1 3)(2 4),(1 4)(2 3)}V = \{e, (1\,2)(3\,4), (1\,3)(2\,4), (1\,4)(2\,3)\} is normal in S4S_4. What is the order of the quotient group S4/VS_4/V?

Quotient groups and quotient rings

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Let H={0,4,8}H = \{0, 4, 8\}, a subgroup of Z/12Z\Z/12\Z. What is the order of the element 5+H5 + H in the quotient group (Z/12Z)/H(\Z/12\Z)/H?

Quotient groups and quotient rings

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To show that (aN)(bN)=abN(aN)(bN) = abN is well defined, suppose a−1a′∈Na^{-1}a' \in N and b−1b′∈Nb^{-1}b' \in N and write (ab)−1(a′b′)=(b−1(a−1a′)b)(b−1b′)(ab)^{-1}(a'b') = \big(b^{-1}(a^{-1}a')b\big)\big(b^{-1}b'\big). At which point is the normality of NN needed?

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Quotient groups and quotient rings

CoreHuman

Which of these quotient rings are fields? (Select all that apply.)

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Quotient groups and quotient rings

CoreHuman

Which homomorphism, combined with the first isomorphism theorem, proves R[x]/(x2+1)≅C\R[x]/(x^2 + 1) \cong \C?

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Quotient groups and quotient rings

StretchHuman

How many residues x∈Z/35Zx \in \Z/35\Z satisfy x2=xx^2 = x? (Use the Chinese remainder theorem.)

Quotient groups and quotient rings

CoreFormal

Which Lean statement formalises “for a commutative ring RR and an ideal II, the quotient R/IR/I is a field if and only if II is maximal”?

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Quotient groups and quotient rings

Warm-upHuman

A student says: “Z/2Z\Z/2\Z is a subgroup of Z\Z, namely {0,1}\{0, 1\}.” What is wrong?

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Quotient groups and quotient rings

StretchComputational

Write cosets(n, k) returning the cosets of the subgroup H=⟨k⟩H = \langle k \rangle of Z/nZ\Z/n\Z, as a list of sorted lists, ordered by their smallest element. Then write coset_sum(n, k, a, b) returning the coset (as a sorted list) of a+ba + b. Check that the coset of a+ba + b does not change when aa or bb is replaced by another element of its coset.

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