Reference: Abstract Algebra, 3rd edition, I. N. Herstein, Prentice Hall International Edition.
Problems:
- Let S be a set having an operation * which assigns an element a*b of S for any
. Let us assume that the following two rules hold:
i) If a, b are any objects in S, then
ii) If a, b are any objects in S, then
Show that S can have at most one object.
II. Let S be the set of all integers . For a, b in S, define * by
. Verify the following:
(i) unless
.
(ii) in general. Under what conditions on a, b, c is
?
(iii) the integer 0 has the property that for every a in S.
(iv) For a in S, .
III) Let S consist oif f the two objects and
. We define the operation * on S by subjecting
and
to the following conditions:
i) i
ii)
iii)
of verify by explicit calculations that if a, b, c are any elements of S (that is, a, b and c can be any of or
then
i) is in S
ii)
iii)
iv) There is a particular a in S such that $la=latex a*b=b*a=b$ for all b in S.
,v) Given b in S, then where a is the parituclar element in part “iv” above.
Cheers,
Nalin Pithwa