EXERCISES

CYCLIC GROUPS
1. Find all generators of

Z6

Z8

2. From the Cayley table below of

|a5|=12

3. If

divisor

U (14), find

|a| ?

|a28|=10

and

|a22|=20

|a|.

be a group element such that

k

9 ,|9|,| 9 | .

|a| ? If |a 4|=12 , what are

is a group element such that

Determine
5. Let

Z 20

, what are the possibilities for

the possibilities for

4. Suppose

and

|a|=48 . For each part, find a

of 48 such that

a.

a21 = ak

b.

a14 = a k

c.

a18 = ak

SUBGROUPS OF CYCLIC GROUPS

1. List the elements of the subgroups

20 and 10 in Z 30 . Let a

be a group element of order 30. List the elements of the subgroups

a20

and

a10 .

2. List the elements of the subgroups

3. List the cyclic subgroups of

3 and 7 in U (20).

U (30).

PERMUTATIONS
1. Find the order of each of the following permutations.
a. (14)
d. (124)(3567)
b. (147)
e. (124)(35)
c. (124)(357)
f. (124)(357869)
2. What is the order of each of the following permutations?
a.

(12

2 3 4 5 6
1 5 4 6 3

b.

(17

2 3 4 5 6 7
6 1 2 3 4 5

3. Decide in each case whether the given subset is a subgroup of

a. {(1), (134), (143)}
b. {(1), (12 3), (234)}

S3

c. {(1), (12)(34)}
d. {(1), (1234), (1432)}

4. Find all the subgroups of

S3

5. What is the order of the product of a pair of disjoint cycles of lengths 4

and 6?
S6
A6
6. What are the possible orders for the elements of
and
?
7. Why is the set of odd permutations in
8. Compute the centralizer of

3=(13)(24)

9. How many elements of order 4 does

of order 2 does

S6

Sn

is not a subgroup?
in

S6

A4

have? How many elements

have?

10.
11. //rtqcasem//