Homework Assignment 9, October 17, 2010

1. Find the order of every element of Z2 Z4 and Z2 Z3 . Which of these

two groups is cyclic?
2. Let (a, b) Zn Zm such that (a) = k and (b) = t. Prove that the
order of (a, b) is lcm(k, t).
3. When is Zn Zm cyclic? (Hint: Use Ex. 2)
4. Prove that Z Z is not cyclic.
5. Let p and q be two distinct primes and G be an abelian group of order
pq. If H and K are subgroups of G of orders p and q respectively, then prove
that G is a direct product of H and K.
6. Show that the Ex. 2 is not true for non-abelian groups. (Hint: S3 )
7. Find all cosets of R+ in R , where R = R\{0} is a group under multiplication and R+ is the subgroup of all positive reals. Can you identify the
factor group R /R+ with some familiar group?
8. Let H = {1, i} be a subgroup of the multiplicative group C . Use first
isomorphism theorem to prove that C/H
= C.
9. Let G1 and G2 be two groups and G = G1 G2 . Prove that H = G1 {e}
is a normal subgroup of G and G/H
= G2 .
10. Let H be the subset of GLn (R) consisting of all matrices with positive
determinant. Prove that H is a normal subgroup of GLn (R) and also identify
the quotient group GLn (R)/H.