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Algebra Tutorial for Math Students

1. This document contains a tutorial sheet with 10 problems covering topics in algebra including rings, properties of rings, special classes of rings such as integral domains and fields, and the characteristic of rings. 2. Some of the problems involve showing that certain sets form rings under given operations, such as the set of Gaussian integers forming a ring. Other problems involve proving properties of rings, such as every element in a Boolean ring squaring to itself. 3. The last problem proves that the ring of Gaussian integers forms an integral domain, an important property as integral domains are a special class of rings.

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Algebra Tutorial for Math Students

1. This document contains a tutorial sheet with 10 problems covering topics in algebra including rings, properties of rings, special classes of rings such as integral domains and fields, and the characteristic of rings. 2. Some of the problems involve showing that certain sets form rings under given operations, such as the set of Gaussian integers forming a ring. Other problems involve proving properties of rings, such as every element in a Boolean ring squaring to itself. 3. The last problem proves that the ring of Gaussian integers forms an integral domain, an important property as integral domains are a special class of rings.

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Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

Department of Mathematics
Algebra-1, MATH F215
First Semester 2019-20 Tutorial sheet-5 Instructor: Jitender Kumar

Topics Covered: Rings, Basic Properties, Special Class of Rings (integral domain,
divison ring and field), Characteristic of a ring
√ √
1. Show that the set R = Q[ 3] = {a + b 3 : a, b ∈ Q} is a ring under the binary
operations:
√ √ √
(a + b 3) + (c + d 3) = (a + c) + (b + d) 3
√ √ √
(a + b 3) · (c + d 3) = (ac + 3bd) + (ad + bc) 3

2. Let R be the set of all even integers. Define addition as usual and multiplication by
a · b = 12 ab. Show that R is a ring.

3. Let (R, +, ·) be a ring with unity 1. Show that (R, ⊕, ⊙) is also a ring with unity,
where
a ⊕ b = a + b + 1 and a ⊙ b = a · b + a + b.

4. Let R = {(a, b) : a, b ∈ R}. Show that (R, +, ·) is a field under the binary operations :

(a, b) + (c, d) = (a + c, b + d)
(a, b) · (c, d) = (ac − bd, bc + ad)

5. Show that the ring (Zp , +p , ·p ) is a field if and only if p is prime.

6. Let   
α −β
R= ∈ M2 (C) : ᾱ, β̄ denote the conjugate of α, β .
β̄ ᾱ
define addition + and multiplication · in R by usual matrix addition and matrix mul-
tiplication. Show that R is a division ring but not a field.

7. A ring R is called a Boolean ring if every element is idempotent i.e. x2 = x for all
x ∈ R. Suppose R is a Boolean ring. Then prove that

(i) 2x = 0 for all x ∈ R;


(ii) xy = yx for all x, y ∈ R.

8. If p is a prime number then prove that p is a divisor of (p−1)!+1 (Wilson Theorem).

9. If the characteristic of an integral domain R is a prime p. Then prove that the order of
every non-identity element in the group (R, +) is p. Hence, determine the cardinality
of a finite field.
10. Prove that the ring Z[i] = {a + bi : a, b ∈ Z}, the ring of Gaussian integers, is an
integral domain.

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