Code No: 24211 Sub.
Code: RMAC21
M. SC DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2024
Department of Mathematics
Second Semester
ADVANCED ALGEBRA
Time: 3 hours Maximum:75 marks
Q. PART A (10 x 1 = 10) Level CO PO
No. Answer ALL Questions
1. Let ab be algebraic over F and b ̸= 0. Is a algebraic over K2 CO2 PO3
F (b)? Justify your answer.
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2. Find the minimal polynomial for 3 + 2 2 over Q. K1 CO3 PO2
3. If K|F is any field extension with char(F ) = 0, prove that K4 CO2 PO2
K|F is separable extension.
4. Determine the degree of the splitting field of x6 + 1 over Q. K2 CO2 PO3
5. Let G be the Galois group of x4 + 1 over Q. Find the K5 CO3 PO1
number of subgroups in G.
6. Find the Galois group of x15 − 1 over F4 K3 CO3 PO4
7. Let F be a finite field of order 1024. Find the number of K4 CO4 PO8
subfields of F containing Z2 .
8. If D is a division ring, prove that its dimension over its K5 CO3 PO3
center cannot be 2.
9. Find at least 6 elements a in the Hurwitz ring H such that K3 CO5 PO6
a−1 ∈ H.
10. If A is a ring algebraic over a field F and A has no zero K2 CO3 PO1
divisors, prove that A is a division ring.
PART B (5 x 5 = 25)
(Answer the following questions either (a) or (b))
11(a). Prove that the element a ∈ K is algebraic over F if and K2 CO4 PO8
only if F (a)|F is finite extension.
OR
11(b). If Q = {α ∈ C : α is algebraic over Q}, prove that Q is K4 CO2 PO6
infinite algebraic extension.
12(a). Let F be a field of characteristic prime p and a ∈ F . If K2 CO4 PO8
f (x) = xp − a ∈ F [x], show that f (x) is irreducible over F
or f (x) splits in F .
OR
12(b). Determine the splitting field and its basis over Q for K4 CO3 PO3
x4 − 2x2 − 2.
13(a). Determine the Galois group of the splitting field of K4 CO4 PO8
x4 − 14x2 + 9 over Q.
OR
13(b). Prove that the nth -cyclotomic polynomial is irreducible over K3 CO4 PO6
Z.
14(a). Define irreducible polynomaial over a field. Prove or K2 CO3 PO2
disprove: x4 + 1 is reducible over F .
OR
14(b). Factor x8 − x into irreducibles in Z[x] and in Z2 [x]. K4 CO4 PO8
15(a). Define simple radical extension and solvable by radical K5 CO5 PO6
extension with separate examples. If F (x1 , . . . , x5 ) be the
field of rational functions in x1 , . . . , x5 over F . Prove or
disprove Gal(F (x1 , . . . , x5 )|F (a1 , . . . , a5 )) is solvable.
OR
15(b). With usual notation, define Hurwitz ring of integral K6 CO4 PO3
quaterions. Prove that x ∈ H, then x∗ ∈ H, N (x) is a
positive integer for all x ∈ H and H is the subring of ring of
real quarterions.
PART C (5 x 8 = 40)
(Answer the following questions either (a) or (b))
√ √
16(a). (i) Find an element u ∈ R such that Q( 2, 3 5) = Q(u). K3 CO3 PO4
(ii) Prove that sin m◦ is an algebraic number for all m ∈ Z+ . K2 CO4 PO5
OR
16(b). Prove the number e is transcendental number over Q. K3 CO4 PO6
17(a). Prove that any two splitting fields for a polynomial over a K4 CO4 PO6
field F are isomorphic.
OR
17(b). (i) If F is a field of characteristic prime, f (x) ∈ F [x] and K5 CO3 PO3
f ′ (x) = 0, prove that f (x) = g(xp ) for some g(x) ∈ F [x]. If
char(F ) = 0, what can you say about f (x)? Justify.
(ii) If F is a field of characteristic prime, then F is perfect if K5 CO3 PO3
and only if F p = F .
18(a). Construct the Galois extension K|F such that the Galois K2 CO5 PO8
group of K|F is isomorphic to Sn for all n ≥ 3.
OR
18(b). Let K|F be the Galois extension and let E be the subfield of K2 CO3 PO1
K containing F . Prove that E|F is Galois extension if and
only if G(K, E) is a normal subgroup of G(K, F ) and
G(E, F ) = G(K, F )/G(K, E).
19(a). State and prove Wedderburn theorem. K6 CO4 PO6
OR
19(b). (i) Prove that, for every prime p and every positive integer K4 CO4 PO8
n, there exists a field having pm elements.
(ii) If the field F has pn elements, prove that the K4 CO4 PO8
automorphisms of F form a cyclic group of order n.
20(a). Suppose that the field F has all nth roots of unity. If a ̸= 0 is K3 CO5 PO3
in F and f (x) = xn − a ∈ F [x]. Prove that F (u) is the
splitting field of f (x) over F , F (u)|F is normal extension
and Gal(F (u)|F ) is abelian, where u is a root of f (x).
OR
20(b). Let D be a division ring algebraic over Q. Prove that D is K6 CO4 PO8
isomorphic to one of the field: R, C or the division ring of
real quaterions.
