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This document outlines Homework 4 for MATH 235, due on October 11, 2024. It includes exercises related to group theory, specifically focusing on subgroups, cyclic groups, and the group Q8. Students are required to demonstrate various properties and find specific subgroups as part of their assignments.

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MATH235_Homework5

This document outlines Homework 4 for MATH 235, due on October 11, 2024. It includes exercises related to group theory, specifically focusing on subgroups, cyclic groups, and the group Q8. Students are required to demonstrate various properties and find specific subgroups as part of their assignments.

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MATH 235 Homework 4: Friday October 11-th at 11:59 pm Fall 2024

Exercise 1
1. Show that if H and K are subgroups of G then H ∩ K is a subgroup of H and a subgroup K.

2. Chapter 4.5 Exercise 28

3. Chapter 4.5 Exercise 30

4. Chapter 4.5 Exercise 32

5. Find all the subgroups of Z/60Z

6. Show that every subgroup of a cyclic group is cyclic (See

(Note: |a| denotes the order of an element a).

Exercise 2
1. Show that if H is a subgroup of G, and g ∈ G, then gHg −1 = ghg −1 , h ∈ H is a subgroup of G.


2. Let G be a group and H a subgroup of G. Show that the following are equivalent:

(a) gHg −1 = H
(b) For all h ∈ H, ghg −1 ∈ H
(c) gH = Hg

3. Let x ∈ G and xH be a left coset of a subgroup H of G. Find a subgroup K of G such that Kx = xH.

Exercise 3
Consider the group Q8 = {1, −1, i, −i, j, −j, k, −k}, where i2 = j 2 = k 2 = −1 and ij = −ji = k. (See
Chapter 3 page 36).

1. Write down the order of every element in Q8 .

2. Write down all the subgroups of Q8

3. Find Z(Q8 )

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