# Office Hours announcement

Office hours for the rest of the semester are as follows:

2-3pm on Wed 4/19, Fri 4/21, Mon 4/24.

(In particular, Monday’s usual office hour on 4/17 has been rescheduled to Fri 4/21.)

# HW13, due Wed 4/19/2017

• DF 14.2 #16, page 582
• DF 14.2 #27, page 584

# HW12, due 4/12/2017

• DF 13.5, #3, #4
• DF 13.6 #10
• DF 14.1 #1a, #4,
• DF 14.2 #3

# Final Exam information

The final exam will be Wednesday April 26, 2017, from 8:00am to 9:50am in Benedum G24.

# Bonus Problem

Let $f(x) = x^7 - 154 x + 99$.  Find the Galois group of the splitting field of f(x) over the field of rational numbers.  (Deadline April 14.)

# HW11, due Wed 4/5/17

• D&F, Section 13.3 #1, #2
• D&F, Section 13.4 #1, #2, #5, #6

# HW10, due Wed 3/29

• D&F, Section 13.1, #1, #3
• D&F, Section 13.2, #4, #7, #11a, #16, #21

# No office hours, 3/21-3/31

There will be no office hours 3/21-3/31.  Bill Rau is available in the MAC at the usual times: 10-12, 4-5 Mondays.

# HW9, due Wed Mar 22

• Let F(A) and F'(A) both satisfy the universal property of a free group on a set A.  Show that there is a unique isomorphism from F(A) to F'(A) that is compatible with the canonical maps A -> F(A) and A -> F'(A).  Hint: consider the universal property for all possible combinations, taking both F(A) and F'(A) to be the free group and the supplementary group.
• Can you see how a similar argument could be used to show quite generally that objects that satisfy universal properties are unique up to isomorphism?
• DF 5.4 #2,
• DF 5.4 #7,
• DF 5.5 #23-a

# HW8, due Friday March 17

Do the following calculations in Sage (not GAP). You may use Sage Cell for the calculations and cut and paste the answers that you submit.  You are welcome to improve the code.

1. compute 77+31 (no semicolon!)
2. compute the set of divisors of 60:  divisors(60)
3. compute the greatest common divisor: gcd(33,770)
4. compute 17 mod 3: mod(17,3)
5. compute a and b such that a*64+b*33 = 1, using xgcd(64,33) and check your answer in Sage
6. find factor(2^126-1)
7. check the largest factor is prime: is_prime(77158673929)
8. compute the square of the permutation
• G = SymmetricGroup(7)
• a = G(“(1,2,3,4)(6,5,7)”)
• a^2
9. compute the “left to right” (warning!) product of the cycles
• G = SymmetricGroup(3)
• a = G(“(1,2,3)”)
• b= G(“(2,3)”)
• a*b
10. make a list of elements of the permutation group generated by (1,2,3,4,5) and (2,5)(3,4):
• G = SymmetricGroup(5)
• g1 = G(“(1,2,3,4,5)”)
• g2 =G(“(2,5)(3,4)”)
• H = G.subgroup([g1,g2])
• H.list()
11. Calculate the conjugacy classes of A5:
• G =  AlternatingGroup(5)
• G.conjugacy_classes_representatives()
12. Find the derived subgroup of A4:
• G=AlternatingGroup(4)
• G.commutator()
13. Calculate a 2-Sylow subgroup of S4: SymmetricGroup(4).sylow_subgroup(2)
14. Show that the subgroup of S4 generated by (1,2,3) and (2,3,4) is A4:
•  G=SymmetricGroup(4)
• g1=G(“(1,2,3)”)
• g2=G(“(2,3,4)”)
• H=G.subgroup([g1,g2])
• H.is_isomorphic(AlternatingGroup(4))
15. Calculate a composition series for S4: SymmetricGroup(4).composition_series()