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Theorem 16.8. We have\n\n(a)\n\n\[ \n{h}_{{K}_{m}} = \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{\chi \text{ odd }}}\left( {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{\substack{{a\text{ monic }} \\ {\deg a < {M}_{\chi }} }}\chi \left( a\right) }\right) \mathop{\prod }\limits_{\substack{{\chi \text{ even }} \\ {\chi \neq {\chi }_{o}} }}\left( {\mathop{\sum }...
Proof. Recall that\n\n\[ \n{\zeta }_{{\mathcal{O}}_{m}}\left( w\right) = \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{\mathfrak{P} \in {S}_{m}}}\left( {1 - N{\mathfrak{P}}^{-w}}\right) {\zeta }_{{K}_{m}}\left( w\right)\n\]\n\nand\n\n\[ \n{\zeta }_{{K}_{m}\left( w\right) } = \frac{{L}_{{K}_{m}}\left( {q}^{-w}\right) }{\left( {1 - {q}^{-w}}...
No
Lemma 16.9. Let \( m \) be a monic polynomial and suppose that \( \lambda \) is a generator of \( {\Lambda }_{m} \) . If \( b \) is a polynomial prime to \( m \), then \( {\sigma }_{b}\lambda /\lambda \in {K}_{m}^{ + } \) .
Proof. By definition of the automorphism \( {\sigma }_{b} \) we have \( {\sigma }_{b}\lambda = {C}_{b}\left( \lambda \right) \) . In particular, when \( \alpha \in {\mathbb{F}}^{ * } \), we have \( {\sigma }_{\alpha }\lambda = {C}_{\alpha }\left( \lambda \right) = {\alpha \lambda } \) . Thus,\n\n\[ \n{\sigma }_{\alpha ...
Yes
Proposition 16.10. For \( a, b \in A \) monic and prime to \( m \) we have\n\n\[{\operatorname{ord}}_{{\sigma }_{a}^{-1}{\mathfrak{P}}_{\infty }^{ + }}\left( {{\sigma }_{b}{\lambda }_{m}/{\lambda }_{m}}\right) = \frac{{f}_{m}\left( {ab}\right) - {f}_{m}\left( a\right) }{q - 1}.\]
Proof. Using Equation \( {3}^{\prime } \) above, we find\n\n\[{\operatorname{ord}}_{{\sigma }_{a}^{-1}{\mathfrak{P}}_{\infty }}\left( {{\sigma }_{b}{\lambda }_{m}}\right) = {\operatorname{ord}}_{{\sigma }_{b}^{-1}{\sigma }_{a}^{-1}{\mathfrak{P}}_{\infty }}\left( {\lambda }_{m}\right)\]\n\n\[= \left( {q - 1}\right) \lef...
Yes
Lemma 16.11. If \( m = {P}^{t} \) is a power of an irreducible \( P \), then the group of cyclotomic units, \( {\mathcal{E}}_{m} \), is generated by \( {\mathbb{F}}^{ * } \) and the set\n\n\[ \n{T}_{m} = \left\{ {{\sigma }_{b}{\lambda }_{m}/{\lambda }_{m} \mid b\text{ monic,}0 < \deg b < \deg m,\left( {b, m}\right) = 1...
Proof. We will give the proof when \( m = P \) is irreducible and leave the case \( m = {P}^{t}, t > 1 \), as an exercise.\n\nEvery non-zero element of \( {\Lambda }_{P} \) has the form \( {\sigma }_{a}{\lambda }_{P} \), where \( a \) varies over the non-zero polynomials of degree less that \( \deg P \) . If \( u \) is...
No
Lemma 16.13. Assume \( q = \\left| \\mathbb{F}\\right| \) is odd and that \( P \) is a monic irreducible of even degree \( d \) . Then \( k\\left( \\sqrt{P}\\right) \\subseteq {K}_{P}^{ + } \) .
Proof. Recall the factorization of the Carlitz polynomial\n\n\\[ \n\\frac{{C}_{P}\\left( u\\right) }{u} = \\mathop{\\prod }\\limits_{\\substack{{\\lambda \\in {\\Lambda }_{P}} \\\\ {\\lambda \\neq 0} }}\\left( {u - \\lambda }\\right) \n\\]\n\nComparing constant terms on both sides shows \( {\\left( -1\\right) }^{{q}^{d...
Yes
Lemma 16.14. The unit \( \eta \) is an element of \( k\left( \sqrt{P}\right) \) .
Proof. We have seen that \( k\left( \sqrt{P}\right) \subseteq {K}_{P}^{ + } \) . An element \( {\sigma }_{b} \in {G}_{P}^{ + } \) is in \( \operatorname{Gal}\left( {{K}_{P}^{ + }/k\left( \sqrt{P}\right) }\right) \) if and only if \( b \) is a square in \( {\left( A/PA\right) }^{ * }/{\mathbb{F}}^{ * } \) . Notice that\...
Yes
Proposition 17.2. Let \( f : {\mathcal{D}}_{K}^{ + } \rightarrow \mathbb{C} \) be the characteristic function of the square-free effective divisors. Then \( F\left( N\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{{degD} = N}}f\left( D\right) \) is the number of square-free effective divisors of degree \( N \) . Given \( \epsilon > ...
Proof. Recall that for divisors \( C \) and \( D \) we have \( N\left( {C + D}\right) = {NCND} \) . From this we calculate \[ {\zeta }_{f}\left( s\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{D}\frac{f\left( D\right) }{N{D}^{s}} = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{D\text{ square-free }}}\frac{1}{N{D}^{s}} = \mathop{\prod }\limits_{P}\left( {...
Yes
Proposition 17.3. Let \( \sigma : {\mathcal{D}}_{K}^{ + } \rightarrow \mathbb{C} \) be the sum of norms of divisors function defined above. Given an \( \epsilon > 0 \), we have\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{\deg D = N}}\sigma \left( D\right) = {\zeta }_{K}\left( 2\right) \frac{{h}_{K}}{{q}^{g - 1}\left( {q - 1}\right) ...
Proof. Since \( {\zeta }_{\sigma }\left( s\right) = {\zeta }_{K}\left( s\right) {\zeta }_{K}\left( {s - 1}\right) \), it has a pole at \( s = 2 \), a double pole at \( s = 1 \), and a pole at \( s = 0 \) . The conditions of Theorem 17.1 do not hold! However, we can make progress by substituting \( s + 1 \) for \( s \) ...
Yes
Theorem 17.4. Let \( f : {\mathcal{D}}_{K}^{ + } \rightarrow \mathbb{C} \) and let \( {\zeta }_{f}\left( s\right) \) be the corresponding Dirichlet series. Suppose this series converges absolutely in the region \( \Re \left( s\right) > 1 \) and is holomorphic in the region \( \{ s \in B \mid \Re \left( s\right) = 1\} \...
Proof. As in the proof of Theorem 17.1, we can find a \( \delta < 1 \) such that \( {Z}_{f}\left( u\right) \) is holomorphic on the disc \( \left\{ {u \in \mathbb{C}\left| \right| u \mid \leq {q}^{-\delta }}\right\} \) . We again let \( C \) be the boundary of this disc oriented counterclockwise and \( {C}_{\epsilon } ...
Yes
Proposition 17.5. Let \( K/\mathbb{F} \) be a global function field and \( d\left( D\right) \) the divisor function on the effective divisors. Then, there exist constants \( {\mu }_{K} \) and \( {\lambda }_{K} \) such that for fixed \( \epsilon > 0 \) we have\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{\deg D = N}}d\left( D\right) =...
Proof. We have already seen that \( {\zeta }_{d}\left( s\right) = {\zeta }_{K}{\left( s\right) }^{2} \), a function which has a double pole at \( s = 1 \) and is otherwise holomorphic for \( \Re \left( s\right) > 0 \) . Choose \( \epsilon > 0 \) . Notice that \( \mathop{\lim }\limits_{{s \rightarrow 1}}{\left( s - 1\ri...
Yes
Proposition 17.6. With the notations introduced above, the integral closure of \( A \) in \( K \) is \( {\mathcal{O}}_{{m}_{0}} \). The ring \( {\mathcal{O}}_{m} \) is a subring of \( {\mathcal{O}}_{{m}_{0}} \) and the polynomial \( {m}_{1} \) is a generator of the annihilator of the A-module \( {\mathcal{O}}_{{m}_{0}}...
Proof. Since the characteristic of \( \mathbb{F} \) is odd, it is easy to see that \( K/k \) is a Galois extension. Let \( \sigma \) generate the Galois group.\n\nClearly, \( K = k\left( \sqrt{m}\right) = k\left( \sqrt{{m}_{0}}\right) \). Every element in \( K \) has the form \( r + \) \( s\sqrt{{m}_{0}} \) for suitabl...
Yes
Proposition 17.7. Suppose \( m \) is square-free. Consider the quadratic extension \( K = k\left( \sqrt{m}\right) \) of \( k \) . Let \( {L}_{\infty }\left( {s,{\chi }_{m}}\right) \) be 1 if \( \infty \) is ramified in \( K \) , \( {\left( 1 - {q}^{-s}\right) }^{-1} \) if \( \infty \) splits in \( K \), and \( {\left( ...
Proof. We have seen that \( A + A\sqrt{m} \) is the integral closure of \( A \) in \( K \) . The discriminant of this ring over \( A \) is \( {4m} \) . Since 4 is a non-zero constant, a prime \( P \) of \( A \) is ramified if and only if it divides \( m \) .\n\nLet \( L\left( {s,\chi }\right) \) be the Artin \( L \) -f...
Yes
Proposition 17.9. Let \( m \in A \) be a non-square and write \( m = {m}_{0}{m}_{1}^{2} \) with \( {m}_{0} \) square-free. Then,\n\n\[ \n{h}_{m} = {h}_{{m}_{0}}\frac{\left| {m}_{1}\right| }{\left\lbrack {\mathcal{O}}_{{m}_{0}}^{ * } : {\mathcal{O}}_{m}^{ * }\right\rbrack }\mathop{\prod }\limits_{{P \mid {m}_{1}}}\left(...
Implicit in this result is that the index \( \left\lbrack {{\mathcal{O}}_{{m}_{0}}^{ * } : {\mathcal{O}}_{m}^{ * }}\right\rbrack \) is finite. If \( \infty \) either ramifies or is inert, both groups are equal to \( {\mathbb{F}}^{ * } \) and the index is 1 . If \( \infty \) splits, then both groups have \( \mathbb{Z} \...
No
Lemma 17.10. If \( m \notin {\mathbb{F}}^{ * } \) is not a square, \( {S}_{d}\left( {\chi }_{m}\right) = 0 \) for \( d \geq M = \) \( \deg \left( m\right) \) .
Proof. By the reciprocity law, Theorem 3.5, we have\n\n\[ \left( \frac{m}{n}\right) \left( \frac{n}{m}\right) = {\left( -1\right) }^{\frac{q - 1}{2}{Md}}\operatorname{sgn}{\left( m\right) }^{d}. \]\n\nCall the quantity on the right of this equation \( {c}_{d} \) . Then, we have \( {\chi }_{m}\left( n\right) = \) \( {c}...
Yes
Proposition 17.11. \( \Phi \left( {0, M}\right) = {q}^{M} \) and if \( M, N \geq 1 \), then\n\n\[ \Phi \left( {N, M}\right) = {q}^{M + N}\left( {1 - \frac{1}{q}}\right) . \]
Proof. From the definition, \( \Phi \left( {0, M}\right) \) is equal to the number of monic polynomials of degree \( M \) which we know is \( {q}^{M} \) . This proves the first assertion. To prove the second assertion, call two pairs \( \left( {n, m}\right) \) and \( \left( {{n}^{\prime },{m}^{\prime }}\right) \) equiv...
Yes
Proposition 17.12. Suppose \( 1 \leq d \leq M - 1 \) . Then\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{\substack{{m\text{ monic }} \\ {\deg \left( m\right) = M} }}{S}_{d}\left( {\chi }_{m}\right) = {\left( q - 1\right) }^{-1}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{\deg \left( m\right) = M}}{S}_{d}\left( {\chi }_{m}\right) = \Phi \left( {d/2, M}\rig...
Proof. To begin with assume all sums are over monics. Then\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{\deg \left( m\right) = M}}{S}_{d}\left( {\chi }_{m}\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{\deg \left( m\right) = M}}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{\deg \left( n\right) = d}}\left( \frac{m}{n}\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{\deg \left( n\righ...
Yes
Theorem 17.13. Let \( M \) be odd and positive. We have, for all \( s \in B \) with \( s \neq \frac{1}{2} \)\n\n\[ \n{q}^{-M}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{\substack{{m\text{ monic }} \\ {\deg \left( m\right) = M} }}L\left( {s,{\chi }_{m}}\right) = \frac{{\zeta }_{A}\left( {2s}\right) }{{\zeta }_{A}\left( {{2s} + 1}\right) } -...
Proof. By the corollary to Lemma 17.10, \( L\left( {s,{\chi }_{m}}\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{d = 0}}^{{M - 1}}{S}_{d}\left( {\chi }_{m}\right) {q}^{-{ds}} \) . From this, Proposition 17.11 and Proposition 17.12, we find\n\n\[ \n\mathop{\sum }\limits_{\substack{{m\text{ monic }} \\ {\deg \left( m\right) = M} }}L\...
Yes
Corollary 1. If \( \Re \left( s\right) > \frac{1}{2} \), then\n\n\[ {q}^{-M}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{\substack{{m\text{ monic }} \\ {\deg \left( m\right) = M} }}L\left( {s,{\chi }_{m}}\right) \rightarrow \frac{{\zeta }_{A}\left( {2s}\right) }{{\zeta }_{A}\left( {{2s} + 1}\right) }\n\]\nas \( M \rightarrow \infty \) throu...
Proof. This follows immediately from the theorem together with the observation that if \( \Re \left( s\right) > \frac{1}{2} \) then \( \left| {q}^{1 - {2s}}\right| < 1 \) .
No
Corollary 2. If \( M \) is odd and positive, then\n\n\[ \n{q}^{-M}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{\substack{{m\text{ monic }} \\ {\deg \left( m\right) = M} }}{h}_{m} = \frac{{\zeta }_{A}\left( 2\right) }{{\zeta }_{A}\left( 3\right) }{q}^{\frac{M - 1}{2}} - {q}^{-1}.\n\]
Proof. We begin by substituting \( s = 1 \) into the identity given in the theorem. We find\n\n\[ \n{q}^{-M}\mathop{\sum }\limits_{\substack{{m\text{ monic }} \\ {\deg \left( m\right) = M} }}L\left( {1,{\chi }_{m}}\right) = \frac{{\zeta }_{A}\left( 2\right) }{{\zeta }_{A}\left( 3\right) } - \left( {1 - \frac{1}{q}}\rig...
Yes
Corollary 1. If \( \operatorname{Re}\left( s\right) > \frac{1}{2} \), then as \( M \rightarrow \infty \) though even integers,
\[ {q}^{-M}\sum L\left( {s,{\chi }_{m}}\right) \rightarrow \frac{{\zeta }_{A}\left( {2s}\right) }{{\zeta }_{A}\left( {{2s} + 1}\right) }.\]
No
Theorem 17.15. Let \( M \) be positive and even, and let \( \gamma \in {\mathbb{F}}^{ * } \) be a non-square constant. The following sum is over all non-square monic polynomials of degree \( M \) . For \( s \neq \frac{1}{2} \) we have\n\n\[ \n{q}^{-M}\sum L\left( {s,{\chi }_{\gamma m}}\right) = \n\]
\n\( \frac{{\zeta }_{A}\left( {2s}\right) }{{\zeta }_{A}\left( {{2s} + 1}\right) } - \left( {1 - \frac{1}{q}}\right) {\left( {q}^{1 - {2s}}\right) }^{\frac{M}{2}}{\zeta }_{A}\left( {2s}\right) - {q}^{-\frac{M}{2}}\left( {\frac{1 + {q}^{-s}}{1 + {q}^{1 - s}} - \left( {1 - \frac{1}{q}}\right) \frac{{\left( {q}^{1 - s}\ri...
Yes
Corollary 1. If \( \Re \left( s\right) > \frac{1}{2} \), then as \( M \rightarrow \infty \) through even integers,
\[ {q}^{-M}\sum L\left( {s,{\chi }_{\gamma m}}\right) \rightarrow \frac{{\zeta }_{A}\left( {2s}\right) }{{\zeta }_{A}\left( {{2s} + 1}\right) }.\]
No
Proposition 2.1. Let \( G \) be a group and let \( H, K \) be two subgroups such that \( H \cap K = e,{HK} = G \), and such that \( {xy} = {yx} \) for all \( x \in H \) and \( y \in K \) . Then the map\n\n\[ \nH \times K \rightarrow G \n\]\n\nsuch that \( \left( {x, y}\right) \mapsto {xy} \) is an isomorphism.
Proof. It is obviously a homomorphism, which is surjective since \( {HK} = G \) .\n\nIf \( \left( {x, y}\right) \) is in its kernel, then \( x = {y}^{-1} \), whence \( x \) lies in both \( H \) and \( K \), and \( x = e \) , so that \( y = e \) also, and our map is an isomorphism.
Yes
Proposition 2.2. Let \( G \) be a group and \( H \) a subgroup. Then\n\n\[ \left( {G : H}\right) \left( {H : 1}\right) = \left( {G : 1}\right) ,\]\nin the sense that if two of these indices are finite, so is the third and equality holds as stated. If \( \left( {G : 1}\right) \) is finite, the order of \( H \) divides t...
Proof. Note that\n\n\[ H = \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{i}{x}_{i}K\;\text{ (disjoint), \]\n\n\[ G = \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{j}{y}_{j}H\;\text{ (disjoint). \]\n\nHence\n\n\[ G = \mathop{\bigcup }\limits_{{i, j}}{y}_{j}{x}_{i}K \]\n\nWe must show that this union is disjoint, i.e. that the \( {y}_{j}{x}_{i} \) represent di...
Yes
Let \( G \) be a finite group. An abelian tower of \( G \) admits a cyclic refinement. Let \( G \) be a finite solvable group. Then \( G \) admits a cyclic tower whose last element is \( \{ e\} \) .
The second assertion is an immediate consequence of the first, and it clearly suffices to prove that if \( G \) is finite, abelian, then \( G \) admits a cyclic tower ending with \( \{ e\} \) . We use induction on the order of \( G \) . Let \( x \) be an element of \( G \) . We may assume that \( x \neq e \) . Let \( X...
Yes
Theorem 3.2. Let \( G \) be a group and \( H \) a normal subgroup. Then \( G \) is solvable if and only if \( H \) and \( G/H \) are solvable.
Proof. We prove that \( G \) solvable implies that \( H \) is solvable. Let \( G = {G}_{0} \supset {G}_{1} \supset \ldots \supset {G}_{r} = \{ e\} \) be a tower of groups with \( {G}_{i + 1} \) normal in \( {G}_{i} \) and such that \( {G}_{i}/{G}_{i + 1} \) is abelian. Let \( {H}_{i} = H \cap {G}_{i} \) . Then \( {H}_{...
No
Lemma 3.3. (Butterfly Lemma.) (Zassenhaus) Let \( U, V \) be subgroups of a group. Let \( u, v \) be normal subgroups of \( U \) and \( V \), respectively. Then\n\n\[ u\\left( {U \\cap v}\\right) \\;\\text{ is normal in }\\;u\\left( {U \\cap V}\\right) ,\]\n\n\[ \\left( {u \\cap V}\\right) v\\;\\text{ is normal in }\\;...
Proof. The combination of groups and factor groups becomes clear if one visualizes the following diagram of subgroups (which gives its name to the lemma):\n\n![08abf0d1-5b8b-4939-95a5-72db9ebd5d2f_36_0.jpg](images/08abf0d1-5b8b-4939-95a5-72db9ebd5d2f_36_0.jpg)\n\nIn this diagram, we are given \( U, u, V, v \) . All the...
Yes
Theorem 3.4. (Schreier) Let \( G \) be a group. Two normal towers of subgroups ending with the trivial group have equivalent refinements.
Proof. Let the two towers be as above. For each \( i = 1,\ldots, r - 1 \) and \( j = 1,\ldots, s \) we define\n\n\[ \n{G}_{ij} = {G}_{i + 1}\left( {{H}_{j} \cap {G}_{i}}\right) \n\]\n\nThen \( {G}_{is} = {G}_{i + 1} \), and we have a refinement of the first tower:\n\n\[ \nG = {G}_{11} \supset {G}_{12} \supset \cdots \s...
Yes
Theorem 3.5. (Jordan-Hölder) Let \( G \) be a group, and let\n\n\[ G = {G}_{1} \supset {G}_{2} \supset \cdots \supset {G}_{r} = \{ e\} \]\n\nbe a normal tower such that each group \( {G}_{i}/{G}_{i + 1} \) is simple, and \( {G}_{i} \neq {G}_{i + 1} \) for \( i = 1,\ldots, r - 1 \) . Then any other normal tower of \( G ...
Proof. Given any refinement \( \left\{ {G}_{ij}\right\} \) as before for our tower, we observe that for each \( i \), there exists precisely one index \( j \) such that \( {G}_{i}/{G}_{i + 1} = {G}_{ij}/{G}_{i, j + 1} \) . Thus the sequence of non-trivial factors for the original tower, or the refined tower, is the sam...
Yes
Proposition 4.2. Let \( G \) be a cyclic group. Then every subgroup of \( G \) is cyclic. Iff is a homomorphism of \( G \), then the image of \( f \) is cyclic.
Proof. If \( G \) is infinite cyclic, it is isomorphic to \( \mathbf{Z} \), and we determined above all subgroups of \( \mathbf{Z} \), finding that they are all cyclic. If \( f : G \rightarrow {G}^{\prime } \) is a homomorphism, and \( a \) is a generator of \( G \), then \( f\left( a\right) \) is obviously a generator...
Yes
Proposition 5.2. The number of conjugate subgroups to \( H \) is equal to the index of the normalizer of \( H \) .
Proof. Note that \( H \) is contained in its normalizer \( {N}_{H} \), so the index of \( {N}_{H} \) in \( G \) is 1 or 2. If it is 1, then we are done. Suppose it is 2. Let \( G \) operate by conjugation on the set of subgroups. The orbit of \( H \) has 2 elements, and \( G \) operates on this orbit. In this way we ge...
No
Proposition 5.3. There exists a unique homomorphism \( \varepsilon : {S}_{n} \rightarrow \{ \pm 1\} \) such that for every transposition \( \tau \) we have \( \varepsilon \left( \tau \right) = - 1 \) .
Proof. Let \( \Delta \) be the function\n\n\[ \Delta \left( {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right) = \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{i < j}}\left( {{x}_{j} - {x}_{i}}\right) \]\n\nthe product being taken for all pairs of integers \( i, j \) satisfying \( 1 \leqq i < j \leqq n \) . Let \( \tau \) be a transposition, interchanging th...
Yes
Theorem 5.4. If \( n \geqq 5 \) then \( {S}_{n} \) is not solvable.
Proof. We shall first prove that if \( H, N \) are two subgroups of \( {S}_{n} \) such that \( N \subset H \) and \( N \) is normal in \( H \), if \( H \) contains every 3-cycle, and if \( H/N \) is abelian, then \( N \) contains every 3-cycle. To see this, let \( i, j, k, r, s \) be five distinct integers in \( {J}_{n...
Yes
Theorem 5.5. If \( n \geqq 5 \) then the alternating group \( {A}_{n} \) is simple.
Proof. Let \( N \) be a non-trivial normal subgroup of \( {A}_{n} \) . We prove that \( N \) contains some 3-cycle, whence the theorem follows by (b). Let \( \sigma \in N,\sigma \neq {id} \) , be an element which has the maximal number of fixed points; that is, integers \( i \) such that \( \sigma \left( i\right) = i \...
Yes
Lemma 6.1. Let \( G \) be a finite abelian group of order \( m \), let \( p \) be a prime number dividing \( m \) . Then \( G \) has a subgroup of order \( p \) .
Proof. We first prove by induction that if \( G \) has exponent \( n \) then the order of \( G \) divides some power of \( n \) . Let \( b \in G, b \neq 1 \), and let \( H \) be the cyclic subgroup generated by \( b \) . Then the order of \( H \) divides \( n \) since \( {b}^{n} = 1 \), and \( n \) is an exponent for \...
Yes
Theorem 6.2. Let \( G \) be a finite group and \( {pa} \) prime number dividing the order of \( G \) . Then there exists a p-Sylow subgroup of \( G \) .
Proof. By induction on the order of \( G \) . If the order of \( G \) is prime, our assertion is obvious. We now assume given a finite group \( G \), and assume the theorem proved for all groups of order smaller than that of \( G \) . If there exists a proper subgroup \( H \) of \( G \) whose index is prime to \( p \),...
Yes
Lemma 6.3. Let \( H \) be a p-group acting on a finite set \( S \). Then:\n\n(a) The number of fixed points of \( H \) is \( \equiv \# \left( S\right) {\;\operatorname{mod}\;p} \).\n\n(b) If \( H \) has exactly one fixed point, then \( \# \left( S\right) \equiv 1{\;\operatorname{mod}\;p} \).\n\n(c) If \( p \mid \# \lef...
Proof. We repeatedly use the orbit formula\n\n\[ \n\# \left( S\right) = \sum \left( {H : {H}_{{s}_{i}}}\right)\n\]\n\nFor each fixed point \( {s}_{i} \) we have \( {H}_{{s}_{i}} = H \). For \( {s}_{i} \) not fixed, the index \( \left( {H : {H}_{{s}_{i}}}\right) \) is divisible by \( p \), so (a) follows at once. Parts ...
Yes
Theorem 6.4. Let \( G \) be a finite group.\n\n(i) If \( H \) is a p-subgroup of \( G \), then \( H \) is contained in some p-Sylow subgroup.\n\n(ii) All p-Sylow subgroups are conjugate.\n\n(iii) The number of \( p \) -Sylow subgroups of \( G \) is \( \equiv 1{\;\operatorname{mod}\;p} \) .
Proof. Let \( P \) be a \( p \) -Sylow subgroup of \( G \) . Suppose first that \( H \) is contained in the normalizer of \( P \) . We prove that \( H \subset P \) . Indeed, \( {HP} \) is then a subgroup of the normalizer, and \( P \) is normal in \( {HP} \) . But\n\n\[ \left( {{HP} : P}\right) = \left( {H : H \cap P}\...
Yes
Theorem 6.5. Let \( G \) be a finite p-group. Then \( G \) is solvable. If its order is \( > 1 \), then \( G \) has a non-trivial center.
Proof. The first assertion follows from the second, since if \( G \) has center \( Z \), and we have an abelian tower for \( G/Z \) by induction, we can lift this abelian tower to \( G \) to show that \( G \) is solvable. To prove the second assertion, we use the class equation\n\n\[ \left( {G : 1}\right) = \operatorna...
Yes
Corollary 6.6. Let \( G \) be a p-group which is not of order 1 . Then there exists a sequence of subgroups\n\n\[ \n\\{ e\\} = {G}_{0} \\subset {G}_{1} \\subset {G}_{2} \\subset \\cdots \\subset {G}_{n} = G \n\]\n\nsuch that \( {G}_{i} \) is normal in \( G \) and \( {G}_{i + 1}/{G}_{i} \) is cyclic of order \( p \) .
Proof. Since \( G \) has a non-trivial center, there exists an element \( a \\neq e \) in the center of \( G \), and such that \( a \) has order \( p \) . Let \( H \) be the cyclic group generated by \( a \) . By induction, if \( G \\neq H \), we can find a sequence of subgroups as stated above in the factor group \( G...
No
Lemma 6.7. Let \( G \) be a finite group and let \( p \) be the smallest prime dividing the order of \( G \) . Let \( H \) be a subgroup of index \( p \) . Then \( H \) is normal.
Proof. Let \( N\left( H\right) = N \) be the normalizer of \( H \) . Then \( N = G \) or \( N = H \) . If \( N = G \) we are done. Suppose \( N = H \) . Then the orbit of \( H \) under conjugation has \( p = \left( {G : H}\right) \) elements, and the representation of \( G \) on this orbit gives a homomorphism of \( G ...
Yes
Proposition 6.8. Let \( p, q \) be distinct primes and let \( G \) be a group of order pq. Then \( G \) is solvable.
Proof. Say \( p < q \) . Let \( Q \) be a Sylow subgroup of order \( q \) . Then \( Q \) has index \( p \), so by the lemma, \( Q \) is normal and the factor group has order \( p \) . But a group of prime order is cyclic, whence the proposition follows.
No
Proposition 7.1. Let \( \\left\\{ {{f}_{i} : {A}_{i} \rightarrow B}\\right\\} \) be a family of homomorphisms into an abelian group \( B \) . Let \( A = \\oplus {A}_{i} \) . There exists a unique homomorphism\n\n\[ f : A \\rightarrow B \]\n\n such that \( f \\circ {\\lambda }_{j} = {f}_{j} \) for all \( j \) .
Proof. We can define a map \( f : A \\rightarrow B \) by the rule\n\n\[ f\\left( {\\left( {x}_{i}\\right) }_{i \\in I}\\right) = \\mathop{\\sum }\\limits_{{i \\in I}}{f}_{i}\\left( {x}_{i}\\right) \]\n\nThe sum on the right is actually finite since all but a finite number of terms are 0 . It is immediately verified tha...
Yes
Lemma 7.2. Let \( A\overset{f}{ \rightarrow }{A}^{\prime } \) be a surjective homomorphism of abelian groups, and assume that \( {A}^{\prime } \) is free. Let \( B \) be the kernel of \( f \) . Then there exists a subgroup \( C \) of \( A \) such that the restriction of \( f \) to \( C \) induces an isomorphism of \( C...
Proof. Let \( {\left\{ {x}_{i}^{\prime }\right\} }_{i \in I} \) be a basis of \( {A}^{\prime } \), and for each \( i \in I \), let \( {x}_{i} \) be an element of \( A \) such that \( f\left( {x}_{i}\right) = {x}_{i}^{\prime } \) . Let \( C \) be the subgroup of \( A \) generated by all elements \( {x}_{i}, i \in I \) ....
Yes
Theorem 7.3. Let \( A \) be a free abelian group, and let \( B \) be a subgroup. Then \( B \) is also a free abelian group, and the cardinality of a basis of \( B \) is \( \leqq \) the cardinality of a basis for \( A \) . Any two bases of \( B \) have the same cardinality.
Proof. We shall give the proof only when \( A \) is finitely generated, say by a basis \( \left\{ {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\} \left( {n \geqq 1}\right) \), and give the proof by induction on \( n \) . We have an expression of \( A \) as direct sum:\n\n\[ A = \mathbf{Z}{x}_{1} \oplus \cdots \oplus \mathbf{Z}{x}_{n...
Yes
Theorem 8.1 Let \( A \) be a torsion abelian group. Then \( A \) is the direct sum of its subgroups \( A\left( p\right) \) for all primes \( p \) such that \( A\left( p\right) \neq 0 \) .
Proof. There is a homomorphism\n\n\[ \n{\bigoplus }_{p}A\left( p\right) \rightarrow A \n\] \n\nwhich to each element \( \left( {x}_{p}\right) \) in the direct sum associates the element \( \sum {x}_{p} \) in \( A \) . We prove that this homomorphism is both surjective and injective. Suppose \( x \) is in the kernel, so...
Yes
Lemma 8.3. Let \( \bar{b} \) be an element of \( A/{A}_{1} \), of period \( {p}^{r} \) . Then there exists a representative a of \( \bar{b} \) in \( A \) which also has period \( {p}^{r} \) .
Proof. Let \( b \) be any representative of \( \bar{b} \) in \( A \) . Then \( {p}^{r}b \) lies in \( {A}_{1} \), say \( {p}^{r}b = n{a}_{1} \) with some integer \( n \geqq 0 \) . We note that the period of \( \bar{b} \) is \( \leqq \) the period of \( b \) . If \( n = 0 \) we are done. Otherwise write \( n = {p}^{k}\m...
Yes
Theorem 8.4. Let \( A \) be a finitely generated torsion-free abelian group. Then \( A \) is free.
Proof. Assume \( A \neq 0 \) . Let \( S \) be a finite set of generators, and let \( {x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n} \) be a maximal subset of \( S \) having the property that whenever \( {v}_{1},\ldots ,{v}_{n} \) are integers such that\n\n\[ \n{v}_{1}{x}_{1} + \cdots + {v}_{n}{x}_{n} = 0 \n\]\n\nthen \( {v}_{j} = 0 \) for al...
Yes
Theorem 8.5. Let \( A \) be a finitely generated abelian group, and let \( {A}_{\text{tor }} \) be the subgroup consisting of all elements of \( A \) having finite period. Then \( {A}_{\text{tor }} \) is finite, and \( A/{A}_{\text{tor }} \) is free. There exists a free subgroup \( B \) of \( A \) such that \( A \) is ...
Proof. We recall that a finitely generated torsion abelian group is obviously finite. Let \( A \) be finitely generated by \( n \) elements, and let \( F \) be the free abelian group on \( n \) generators. By the universal property, there exists a surjective homomorphism\n\n\[ F\overset{\varphi }{ \rightarrow }A \]\n\n...
Yes
If \( A \) is a finite abelian group, expressed as a product \( A = B \times C \), then \( {A}^{ \land } \) is isomorphic to \( {B}^{ \land } \times {C}^{ \land } \) (under the mapping described below).
Consider the two projections\n\n![08abf0d1-5b8b-4939-95a5-72db9ebd5d2f_62_0.jpg](images/08abf0d1-5b8b-4939-95a5-72db9ebd5d2f_62_0.jpg)\n\nof \( B \times C \) on its two components. We get homomorphisms\n\n![08abf0d1-5b8b-4939-95a5-72db9ebd5d2f_62_1.jpg](images/08abf0d1-5b8b-4939-95a5-72db9ebd5d2f_62_1.jpg)\n\nand we co...
Yes
Theorem 9.2. Let \( A \times {A}^{\prime } \rightarrow C \) be a bilinear map of two abelian groups into a cyclic group \( C \) of order \( m \) . Let \( B,{B}^{\prime } \) be its respective kernels on the left and right. Assume that \( {A}^{\prime }/{B}^{\prime } \) is finite. Then \( A/B \) is finite, and \( {A}^{\pr...
Proof. The injection of \( A/B \) into \( \operatorname{Hom}\left( {{A}^{\prime }/{B}^{\prime }, C}\right) \) shows that \( A/B \) is finite. Furthermore, we get the inequalities\n\n\[ \operatorname{ord}A/B \leqq \operatorname{ord}{\left( {A}^{\prime }/{B}^{\prime }\right) }^{ \land } = \operatorname{ord}{A}^{\prime }/...
Yes
Corollary 9.3. Let \( A \) be a finite abelian group, \( B \) a subgroup, \( {A}^{ \land } \) the dual group, and \( {B}^{ \bot } \) the set of \( \varphi \in {A}^{ \land } \) such that \( \varphi \left( B\right) = 0 \) . Then we have a natural isomorphism of \( {A}^{ \land }/{B}^{ \bot } \) with \( {B}^{ \land } \) .
Proof. This is a special case of Theorem 9.2.
Yes
Proposition 12.1. Let \( S \) be a set. Then there exists a free group \( \left( {F, f}\right) \) determined by \( S \). Furthermore, \( f \) is injective, and \( F \) is generated by the image of \( f \) .
Proof. (I owe this proof to J. Tits.) We begin with a lemma.\n\nLemma 12.2. There exists a set \( I \) and a family of groups \( {\left\{ {G}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) such that, if \( g : S \rightarrow G \) is a map of \( S \) into a group \( G \), and \( g \) generates \( G \), then \( G \) is isomorphic to some \( ...
No
Lemma 12.2. There exists a set \( I \) and a family of groups \( {\left\{ {G}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) such that, if \( g : S \rightarrow G \) is a map of \( S \) into a group \( G \), and \( g \) generates \( G \), then \( G \) is isomorphic to some \( {G}_{i} \) .
Proof. This is a simple exercise in cardinalities, which we carry out. If \( S \) is finite, then \( G \) is finite or denumerable. If \( S \) is infinite, then the cardinality of \( G \) is \( \leqq \) the cardinality of \( S \) because \( G \) consists of finite products of elements of \( g\left( S\right) \) . Let \(...
Yes
Proposition 12.3. Coproducts exist in the category of groups.
Proof. Let \( {\left\{ {G}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) be a family of groups. We let \( \mathcal{C} \) be the category whose objects are families of group-homomorphisms\n\n\[ \n{\left\{ {g}_{i} : {G}_{i} \rightarrow G\right\} }_{i \in I} \n\] \nand whose morphisms are the obvious ones. We must find a universal element i...
Yes
Proposition 12.4. Let \( G \) be a group and \( {\left\{ {G}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) a family of subgroups. Assume:\n\n(a) The family generates \( G \) .\n\n(b) If\n\n\[ x = {x}_{{i}_{1}}\cdots {x}_{{i}_{n}}\;\text{with}\;{x}_{{i}_{\nu }} \in {G}_{{i}_{\nu }},\;{x}_{{i}_{\nu }} \neq e\;\text{and}\;{i}_{\nu } \neq {i...
Proof. The homomorphism from the coproduct into \( G \) is surjective by the assumption that the family generates \( G \) . Suppose an element is in the kernel. Then such an element has a representation\n\n\[ {x}_{{i}_{1}}\cdots {x}_{{i}_{n}} \]\n\nas in (b), mapping to the identity in \( G \), so all \( {x}_{{i}_{\nu ...
Yes
Corollary 12.6. Let \( F\\left( S\\right) \) be the free group on a set \( S \), and let \( {x}_{1},\\ldots ,{x}_{n} \) be distinct elements of \( S \) . Let \( {\\nu }_{1},\\ldots ,{\\nu }_{r} \) be integers \( \\neq 0 \) and let \( {i}_{1},\\ldots ,{i}_{r} \) be integers,\n\n\\[ \n1 \\leqq {i}_{1},\\ldots ,{i}_{r} \\...
Proof. Let \( {G}_{1},\\ldots ,{G}_{n} \) be the cyclic groups generated by \( {x}_{1},\\ldots ,{x}_{n} \) . Let \( G = {G}_{1} \\circ \\cdots \\circ {G}_{n} \) . Let\n\n\\[ \nF\\left( S\\right) \\rightarrow G \n\\]\n\nbe the homomorphism sending each \( {x}_{i} \) on \( {x}_{i} \), and all other elements of \( S \) on...
Yes
Corollary 12.7. Let \( S \) be a set with \( n \) elements \( {x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}, n \geqq 1 \) . Let \( {G}_{1} \) , \( \ldots ,{G}_{n} \) be the infinite cyclic groups generated by these elements. Then the map\n\n\[ F\left( S\right) \rightarrow {G}_{1} \circ \cdots \circ {G}_{n} \]\n\nsending each \( {x}_{i} \) o...
Proof. It is obviously surjective and injective.
No
Let \( {G}_{1},\ldots ,{G}_{n} \) be groups with \( {G}_{i} \cap {G}_{j} = \{ 1\} \) if \( i \neq j \) . The homomorphism\n\n\[ \n{G}_{1} \coprod \cdots \coprod {G}_{n} \rightarrow {G}_{1} \circ \cdots \circ {G}_{n} \n\]\n\nof their coproduct into \( {G}_{1} \circ \cdots \circ {G}_{n} \) induced by the natural inclusio...
Proof. Again, it is obviously injective and surjective.
No
Proposition 1.1. Products exist in the category of rings.
In fact, let \( {\left\{ {A}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) be a family of rings, and let \( A = \prod {A}_{i} \) be their product as additive abelian groups. We define a multiplication in \( A \) in the obvious way: If \( {\left( {x}_{i}\right) }_{i \in I} \) and \( {\left( {y}_{i}\right) }_{i \in I} \) are two elements o...
Yes
Theorem 2.1. (Chinese Remainder Theorem). Let \( {\mathfrak{a}}_{1},\ldots ,{\mathfrak{a}}_{n} \) be ideals of \( A \) such that \( {\mathfrak{a}}_{i} + {\mathfrak{a}}_{j} = A \) for all \( i \neq j \) . Given elements \( {x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n} \in A \), there exists \( x \in A \) such that \( x \equiv {x}_{i}\left( {...
Proof. If \( n = 2 \), we have an expression\n\n\[ 1 = {a}_{1} + {a}_{2} \]\n\nfor some elements \( {a}_{i} \in {\mathfrak{a}}_{i} \), and we let \( x = {x}_{2}{a}_{1} + {x}_{1}{a}_{2} \).\n\nFor each \( i \geqq 2 \) we can find elements \( {a}_{i} \in {\mathfrak{a}}_{1} \) and \( {b}_{i} \in {\mathfrak{a}}_{i} \) such...
Yes
Corollary 2.2. Let \( {\mathfrak{a}}_{1},\ldots ,{\mathfrak{a}}_{n} \) be ideals of \( A \) . Assume that \( {\mathfrak{a}}_{i} + {\mathfrak{a}}_{j} = A \) for \( i \neq j \) . Let\n\n\[ f : A \rightarrow \mathop{\prod }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{n}A/{\mathfrak{a}}_{i} = \left( {A/{\mathfrak{a}}_{1}}\right) \times \cdots \time...
Proof. That the kernel of \( f \) is what we said it is, is obvious. The surjectivity follows from the theorem.
No
Theorem 2.3. Let \( A \) be a cyclic group of order \( n \) . For each \( k \in \mathbf{Z} \) let \( {f}_{k} : A \rightarrow A \) be the endomorphism \( x \mapsto {kx} \) (writing \( A \) additively). Then \( k \mapsto {f}_{k} \) induces a ring isomorphism \( \mathbf{Z}/n\mathbf{Z} \approx \operatorname{End}\left( A\ri...
Proof. Recall that the additive group structure on \( \operatorname{End}\left( A\right) \) is simply addition of mappings, and the multiplication is composition of mappings. The fact that \( k \mapsto {f}_{k} \) is a ring-homomorphism is then a restatement of the formulas\n\n\[ \n{1a} = a,\;\left( {k + {k}^{\prime }}\r...
Yes
Proposition 3.1. Let \( \varphi : G \rightarrow {G}^{\prime } \) be a homomorphism of monoids. Then there exists a unique homomorphism \( h : A\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \rightarrow A\left\lbrack {G}^{\prime }\right\rbrack \) such that \( h\left( x\right) = \) \( \varphi \left( x\right) \) for all \( x \in G \) and \(...
Proof. In fact, let \( \alpha = \sum {a}_{x}x \in A\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \) . Define\n\n\[ h\left( \alpha \right) = \sum {a}_{x}\varphi \left( x\right) \]\n\nThen \( h \) is immediately verified to be a homomorphism of abelian groups, and \( h\left( x\right) = \varphi \left( x\right) \) . Let \( \beta = \sum {b}_...
Yes
Proposition 3.2. Let \( G \) be a monoid and let \( f : A \rightarrow B \) be a homomorphism of commutative rings. Then there is a unique homomorphism\n\n\[ h : A\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \rightarrow B\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \]\n\n such that\n\n\[ h\left( {\mathop{\sum }\limits_{{x \in G}}{a}_{x}x}\right) = \math...
Proof. Since every element of \( A\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \) has a unique expression as a sum \( \sum {a}_{x}x \), the formula giving \( h \) gives a well-defined map from \( A\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \) into \( B\left\lbrack G\right\rbrack \) . This map is obviously a homomorphism of abelian groups. As for mult...
Yes
Proposition 5.1. Let \( A \) be a principal entire ring and \( a, b \in A, a, b \neq 0 \). Let \( \left( a\right) + \left( b\right) = \left( c\right) \). Then \( c \) is a greatest common divisor of \( a \) and \( b \).
Proof. Since \( b \) lies in the ideal \( \left( c\right) \), we can write \( b = {xc} \) for some \( x \in A \), so that \( c \mid b \). Similarly, \( c \mid a \). Let \( d \) divide both \( a \) and \( b \), and write \( a = {dy} \), \( b = {dz} \) with \( y, z \in A \). Since \( c \) lies in \( \left( {a, b}\right) ...
Yes
Proposition 2.1. A sequence\n\n\\[ \n{X}^{\prime }\\overset{\\lambda }{ \\rightarrow }X \\rightarrow {X}^{\prime \\prime } \\rightarrow 0 \n\\]\n\nis exact if and only if the sequence\n\n\\[ \n{\\operatorname{Hom}}_{A}\\left( {{X}^{\prime }, Y}\\right) \\leftarrow {\\operatorname{Hom}}_{A}\\left( {X, Y}\\right) \\lefta...
Proof. This is an important fact, whose proof is easy. For instance, suppose the first sequence is exact. If \\( g : {X}^{\prime \\prime } \\rightarrow Y \\) is an \\( A \\) -homomorphism, its image in \\( {\\operatorname{Hom}}_{A}\\left( {X, Y}\\right) \\) is obtained by composing \\( g \\) with the surjective map of ...
No
Proposition 2.2. A sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow {Y}^{\prime } \rightarrow Y \rightarrow {Y}^{\prime \prime } \]\n\nis exact if and only if\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow {\operatorname{Hom}}_{A}\left( {X,{Y}^{\prime }}\right) \rightarrow {\operatorname{Hom}}_{A}\left( {X, Y}\right) \rightarrow {\operatorname{Hom}}_{A}\left( {X,{Y...
The verification will be left to the reader. It follows at once from the definitions.
No
Let \( M \) be an \( A \) -module and \( n \) an integer \( \geqq 1 \) . For each \( i = 1,\ldots, n \) let \( {\varphi }_{i} : M \rightarrow M \) be an \( A \) -homomorphism such that\n\n\[ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{n}{\varphi }_{i} = \mathrm{{id}}\;\text{ and }\;{\varphi }_{i} \circ {\varphi }_{j} = 0\;\text{ ...
For each \( j \), we have\n\n\[ {\varphi }_{j} = {\varphi }_{j} \circ \mathrm{{id}} = {\varphi }_{j} \circ \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{n}{\varphi }_{i} = {\varphi }_{j} \circ {\varphi }_{j} = {\varphi }_{j}^{2}, \]\n\nthereby proving the first assertion. It is clear that \( \varphi \) is an \( A \) -homomorphism. ...
Yes
Proposition 3.2. Let \( 0 \rightarrow {M}^{\prime }\overset{f}{ \rightarrow }M\overset{g}{ \rightarrow }{M}^{\prime \prime } \rightarrow 0 \) be an exact sequence of modules. The following conditions are equivalent:\n\n1. There exists a homomorphism \( \varphi : {M}^{\prime \prime } \rightarrow M \) such that \( g \cir...
Proof. Let us write the homomorphisms on the right:\n\n\[ M\underset{\varphi }{\overset{g}{ \rightleftarrows }}{M}^{\prime \prime } \rightarrow 0 \]\n\nLet \( x \in M \). Then\n\n\[ x - \varphi \left( {g\left( x\right) }\right) \]\n\nis in the kernel of \( g \), and hence \( M = \operatorname{Ker}g + \operatorname{Im}\...
No
Theorem 4.1. Let \( A \) be a ring and \( M \) a module over \( A \) . Let \( I \) be a non-empty set, and let \( {\left\{ {x}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) be a basis of \( M \) . Let \( N \) be an \( A \) -module, and let \( {\left\{ {y}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) be a family of elements of \( N \) . Then there exists a...
Proof. Let \( x \) be an element of \( M \) . There exists a unique family \( {\left\{ {a}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) of elements of \( A \) such that\n\n\[ x = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i \in I}}{a}_{i}{x}_{i} \]\n\nWe define\n\n\[ f\left( x\right) = \sum {a}_{i}{y}_{i} \]\n\nIt is then clear that \( f \) is a homomorph...
Yes
Corollary 4.2. Let the notation be as in the theorem, and assume that \( {\left\{ {y}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) is a basis of \( N \) . Then the homomorphism \( f \) is an isomorphism, i.e. a module-isomorphism.
Proof. By symmetry, there exists a unique homomorphism\n\n\[ g : N \rightarrow M \]\n\nsuch that \( g\left( {y}_{i}\right) = {x}_{i} \) for all \( i \), and \( f \circ g \) and \( g \circ f \) are the respective identity mappings.
Yes
Corollary 4.3. Two modules having bases whose cardinalities are equal are isomorphic.
Proof. Clear.
No
Theorem 5.1. Let \( V \) be a vector space over a field \( K \), and assume that \( V \neq \{ 0\} \) . Let \( \Gamma \) be a set of generators of \( V \) over \( K \) and let \( S \) be a subset of \( \Gamma \) which is linearly independent. Then there exists a basis \( \mathfrak{G} \) of \( V \) such that \( S \subset...
Proof. Let \( \mathfrak{T} \) be the set whose elements are subsets \( T \) of \( \Gamma \) which contain \( S \) and are linearly independent. Then \( \mathfrak{T} \) is not empty (it contains \( S \) ), and we contend that \( \mathfrak{T} \) is inductively ordered. Indeed, if \( \left\{ {T}_{i}\right\} \) is a totall...
Yes
Theorem 5.2. Let \( V \) be a vector space over a field \( K \). Then two bases of \( V \) over \( K \) have the same cardinality.
Proof. Let us first assume that there exists a basis of \( V \) with a finite number of elements, say \( \left\{ {{v}_{1},\ldots ,{v}_{m}}\right\}, m \geqq 1 \) . We shall prove that any other basis must also have \( m \) elements. For this it will suffice to prove: If \( {w}_{1},\ldots ,{w}_{n} \) are elements of \( V...
No
Theorem 5.3. Let \( V \) be a vector space over a field \( K \), and let \( W \) be a subspace. Then\n\n\[{\dim }_{K}V = {\dim }_{K}W + {\dim }_{K}V/W\]\n\nIff: \( V \rightarrow U \) is a homomorphism of vector spaces over \( K \), then\n\n\[ \dim V = \dim \operatorname{Ker}f + \dim \operatorname{Im}f. \]
Proof. The first statement is a special case of the second, taking for \( f \) the canonical map. Let \( {\left\{ {u}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) be a basis of \( \operatorname{Im}f \), and let \( {\left\{ {w}_{j}\right\} }_{j \in J} \) be a basis of Ker \( f \) . Let \( {\left\{ {v}_{i}\right\} }_{i \in I} \) be a fami...
Yes
Corollary 5.4. Let \( V \) be a vector space and \( W \) a subspace. Then\n\n\[ \n\dim W \leqq \dim V \n\]\n\nIf \( V \) is finite dimensional and \( \dim W = \dim V \) then \( W = V \) .
Proof. Clear.
No
Theorem 6.1. Let \( E \) be a finite free module over the commutative ring \( A \) , of finite dimension \( n \) . Then \( {E}^{ \vee } \) is also free, and \( \dim {E}^{ \vee } = n \) . If \( \left\{ {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\} \) is a basis for \( E \), and \( {f}_{i} \) is the functional such that \( {f}_{i}\l...
Proof. Let \( f \in {E}^{ \vee } \) and let \( {a}_{i} = f\left( {x}_{i}\right) \left( {i = 1,\ldots, n}\right) \) . We have\n\n\[ f\left( {{c}_{1}{x}_{1} + \cdots + {c}_{n}{x}_{n}}\right) = {c}_{1}f\left( {x}_{1}\right) + \cdots + {c}_{n}f\left( {x}_{n}\right) . \]\n\nHence \( f = {a}_{1}{f}_{1} + \cdots + {a}_{n}{f}_...
Yes
Corollary 6.2. When \( E \) is free finite dimensional, then the map \( E \rightarrow {E}^{\vee \vee } \) which to each \( x \in V \) associates the functional \( f \mapsto \langle x, f\rangle \) on \( {E}^{ \vee } \) is an isomorphism of \( E \) onto \( {E}^{\vee \vee } \).
Proof. Note that since \( \left\{ {{f}_{1},\ldots ,{f}_{n}}\right\} \) is a basis for \( {E}^{ \vee } \), it follows from the definitions that \( \left\{ {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\} \) is the dual basis in \( E \), so \( E = {E}^{\vee \vee } \).
No
Theorem 6.3. Let \( U, V, W \) be finite free modules over the commutative ring \( A \), and let\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow W\overset{\lambda }{ \rightarrow }V\overset{\varphi }{ \rightarrow }U \rightarrow 0 \]\n\nbe an exact sequence of \( A \) -homomorphisms. Then the induced sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow {\operatorname{Hom}...
Proof. This is a consequence of \( \mathbf{{P2}} \), because a free module is projective.
No
Theorem 6.4. Let \( V \times {V}^{\prime } \rightarrow K \) be a bilinear map, let \( W,{W}^{\prime } \) be its kernels on the left and right respectively, and assume that \( {V}^{\prime }/{W}^{\prime } \) is finite dimensional. Then the induced homomorphism \( {V}^{\prime }/{W}^{\prime } \rightarrow {\left( V/W\right)...
Proof. By symmetry, we have an induced homomorphism\n\n\[ V/W \rightarrow {\left( {V}^{\prime }/{W}^{\prime }\right) }^{ \vee } \]\n\nwhich is injective. Since\n\n\[ \dim {\left( {V}^{\prime }/{W}^{\prime }\right) }^{ \vee } = \dim {V}^{\prime }/{W}^{\prime } \]\n\nit follows that \( V/W \) is finite dimensional. From ...
Yes
Corollary 7.2. Let \( E \) be a finitely generated module and \( {E}^{\prime } \) a submodule.\n\nThen \( {E}^{\prime } \) is finitely generated.
Proof. We can represent \( E \) as a factor module of a free module \( F \) with a finite number of generators: If \( {v}_{1},\ldots ,{v}_{n} \) are generators of \( E \), we take a free module \( F \) with basis \( \left\{ {{x}_{1},\ldots ,{x}_{n}}\right\} \) and map \( {x}_{i} \) on \( {v}_{i} \) . The inverse image ...
Yes
Theorem 7.3. Let \( E \) be finitely generated. Then \( E/{E}_{\text{tor }} \) is free. There exists a free submodule \( F \) of \( E \) such that \( E \) is a direct sum\n\n\[ E = {E}_{\text{tor }} \oplus F. \]
Proof. We first prove that \( E/{E}_{\text{tor }} \) is torsion free. If \( x \in E \), let \( \bar{x} \) denote its residue class \( {\;\operatorname{mod}\;{E}_{\text{tor }}} \) . Let \( b \in R, b \neq 0 \) be such that \( b\bar{x} = 0 \) . Then \( {bx} \in {E}_{\text{tor }} \) , and hence there exists \( c \in R, c ...
Yes
Lemma 7.4. Let \( E,{E}^{\prime } \) be modules, and assume that \( {E}^{\prime } \) is free. Let \( f : E \rightarrow {E}^{\prime } \) be a surjective homomorphism. Then there exists a free submodule \( F \) of \( E \) such that the restriction off to \( F \) induces an isomorphism of \( F \) with \( {E}^{\prime } \),...
Proof. Let \( {\left\{ {x}_{i}^{\prime }\right\} }_{i \in I} \) be a basis of \( {E}^{\prime } \) . For each \( i \), let \( {x}_{i} \) be an element of \( E \) such that \( f\left( {x}_{i}\right) = {x}_{i}^{\prime } \) . Let \( F \) be the submodule of \( E \) generated by all the elements \( {x}_{i} \) , \( i \in I \...
Yes
Theorem 7.5. Let \( E \) be a finitely generated torsion module \( \neq 0 \) . Then \( E \) is the direct sum\n\n\[ E = {\bigoplus }_{p}E\left( p\right) \]\n\ntaken over all primes \( p \) such that \( E\left( p\right) \neq 0 \) . Each \( E\left( p\right) \) can be written as a direct sum\n\n\[ E\left( p\right) = R/\le...
Proof. Let \( a \) be an exponent for \( E \), and suppose that \( a = {bc} \) with \( \left( {b, c}\right) = \left( 1\right) \) . Let \( x, y \in R \) be such that\n\n\[ 1 = {xb} + {yc}. \]\n\nWe contend that \( E = {E}_{b} \oplus {E}_{c} \) . Our first assertion then follows by induction, expressing \( a \) as a prod...
Yes
Lemma 7.6. Let \( E \) be a torsion module of exponent \( {p}^{r}\left( {r \geqq 1}\right) \) for some prime element \( p \) . Let \( {x}_{1} \in E \) be an element of period \( {p}^{r} \) . Let \( \bar{E} = E/\left( {x}_{1}\right) \) . Let \( {\bar{y}}_{1},\ldots ,{\bar{y}}_{m} \) be independent elements of \( \bar{E}...
Proof. Let \( \bar{y} \in \bar{E} \) have period \( {p}^{n} \) for some \( n \geqq 1 \) . Let \( y \) be a representative of \( \bar{y} \) in \( E \) . Then \( {p}^{n}y \in \left( {x}_{1}\right) \), and hence\n\n\[ {p}^{n}y = {p}^{s}c{x}_{1},\;c \in R, p \nmid c, \]\n\nfor some \( s \leqq r \) . If \( s = r \), we see ...
Yes
Theorem 7.7. Let \( E \) be a finitely generated torsion module, \( E \neq 0 \) . Then \( E \) is isomorphic to a direct sum of non-zero factors\n\n\[ R/\left( {q}_{1}\right) \oplus \cdots \oplus R/\left( {q}_{r}\right) \]\n\nwhere \( {q}_{1},\ldots ,{q}_{r} \) are non-zero non-units of \( R \), and \( {q}_{1}\left| {q...
Proof. Using Theorem 7.5, decompose \( E \) into a direct sum of \( p \) -submodules, say \( E\left( {p}_{1}\right) \oplus \cdots \oplus E\left( {p}_{l}\right) \), and then decompose each \( E\left( {p}_{i}\right) \) into a direct sum of cyclic submodules of periods \( {p}_{i}^{{r}_{ij}} \) . We visualize these symboli...
Yes
Theorem 7.9. Assume that the elementary matrices in \( R \) generate \( G{L}_{n}\left( R\right) \) . Let \( \left( {x}_{ij}\right) \) be a non-zero matrix with components in \( R \) . Then with a finite number of row and column operations, it is possible to bring the matrix to the form\n\n\[ \left( \begin{matrix} {a}_{...
We leave the proof for the reader. Either Theorem 7.9 can be viewed as equivalent to Theorem 7.8, or a direct proof may be given.
No
Theorem 8.1. Let \( \varphi \) be a rule which to each simple module associates an element of a commutative group \( \Gamma \), and such that if \( M \approx {M}^{\prime } \) then\n\n\[ \varphi \left( M\right) = \varphi \left( {M}^{\prime }\right) \]\n\nThen \( \varphi \) has a unique extension to an Euler-Poincaré map...
Proof. Given a simple filtration\n\n\[ M = {M}_{1} \supset {M}_{2} \supset \cdots \supset {M}_{r} = 0 \]\n\nwe define\n\n\[ \varphi \left( M\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{{i = 1}}^{{r - 1}}\varphi \left( {{M}_{i}/{M}_{i + 1}}\right) \]\n\nThe Jordan-Hölder theorem shows immediately that this is well-defined, and that...
Yes
Lemma 9.1. (Snake Lemma). Given a snake diagram as above, the map\n\n\\[ \n\\delta : \\operatorname{Ker}{d}^{\\prime \\prime } \\rightarrow \\text{Coker}{d}^{\\prime }\n\\]\n\ninduced by \\( \\delta {z}^{\\prime \\prime } = {f}^{-1} \\circ d \\circ {g}^{-1}{z}^{\\prime \\prime } \\) is well defined, and we have an exac...
Proof. It is a routine verification that the class of \\( {z}^{\\prime }{\\;\\operatorname{mod}\\;\\operatorname{Im}}{d}^{\\prime } \\) is independent of the choices made when taking inverse images, whence defining the map \\( \\delta \\) . The proof of the exactness of the sequence is then routine, and consists in cha...
No
Theorem 10.1. Direct limits exist in the category of abelian groups, or more generally in the category of modules over a ring.
Proof. Let \( \left\{ {M}_{i}\right\} \) be a directed system of modules over a ring. Let \( M \) be their direct sum. Let \( N \) be the submodule generated by all elements\n\n\[ \n{x}_{ij} = \left( {\ldots ,0, x,0,\ldots , - {f}_{j}^{i}\left( x\right) ,0,\ldots }\right) \n\]\n\nwhere, for a given pair of indices \( \...
No
Theorem 10.2. Inverse limits exist in the category of groups, in the category of modules over a ring, and also in the category of rings.
Proof. Let \( \left\{ {G}_{i}\right\} \) be a directed family of groups, for instance, and let \( \Gamma \) be their inverse limit as defined in Chapter I,§10. Let \( {p}_{i} : \Gamma \rightarrow {G}_{i} \) be the projection (defined as the restriction from the projection of the direct product, since \( \Gamma \) is a ...
No
Proposition 10.3. Assume that \( \left( {A}_{n}\right) \) satisfies ML. Given an exact sequence\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow \left( {A}_{n}\right) \rightarrow \left( {B}_{n}\right) \overset{g}{ \rightarrow }\left( {C}_{n}\right) \rightarrow 0 \]\n\nof inverse systems, then\n\n\[ 0 \rightarrow \underline{\lim }{A}_{n} \rightarro...
Proof. The only point is to prove the surjectivity on the right. Let \( \left( {c}_{n}\right) \) be an element of the inverse limit. Then each inverse image \( {g}^{-1}\left( {c}_{n}\right) \) is a coset of \( {A}_{n} \), so in bijection with \( {A}_{n} \) . These inverse images form an inverse system, and the ML condi...
Yes
Proposition 10.4. Let \( \\left( {C}_{n}\\right) \) be an inverse system of abelian groups satisfying ML, and let \( \\left( {u}_{m, n}\\right) \) be the system of connecting maps. Then we have an exact sequence\n\n\[ 0 \\rightarrow \\underline{\\lim }{C}_{n} \\rightarrow \\prod {C}_{n}\\overset{1 - u}{ \\rightarrow }\...
Proof. For each positive integer \( N \) we have an exact sequence with a finite product\n\n\[ 0 \\rightarrow \\mathop{\\lim }\\limits_{{1 \\leqq n \\leqq N}}{C}_{n} \\rightarrow \\mathop{\\prod }\\limits_{{n = 1}}^{N}{C}_{n}\\overset{1 - u}{ \\rightarrow }\\mathop{\\prod }\\limits_{{n = 1}}^{N}{C}_{n} \\rightarrow 0. ...
Yes
Theorem 1.1. Let \( A \) be a commutative ring, let \( f, g \in A\left\lbrack X\right\rbrack \) be polynomials in one variable, of degrees \( \geqq 0 \), and assume that the leading coefficient of \( g \) is a unit in \( A \) . Then there exist unique polynomials \( q, r \in A\left\lbrack X\right\rbrack \) such that \[...
Proof. Write \[ f\left( X\right) = {a}_{n}{X}^{n} + \cdots + {a}_{0} \] \[ g\left( X\right) = {b}_{d}{X}^{d} + \cdots + {b}_{0} \] where \( n = \deg f, d = \deg g \) so that \( {a}_{n},{b}_{d} \neq 0 \) and \( {b}_{d} \) is a unit in \( A \) . We use induction on \( n \) . If \( n = 0 \), and \( \deg g > \deg f \), we ...
Yes
Theorem 1.2. Let \( k \) be a field. Then the polynomial ring in one variable \( k\\left\\lbrack X\\right\\rbrack \) is principal.
Proof. Let \( \\mathfrak{a} \) be an ideal of \( k\\left\\lbrack X\\right\\rbrack \), and assume \( \\mathfrak{a} \\neq 0 \) . Let \( g \) be an element of \( \\mathfrak{a} \) of smallest degree \( \\geqq 0 \) . Let \( f \) be any element of \( \\mathfrak{a} \) such that \( f \\neq 0 \) . By the Euclidean algorithm we ...
Yes
Theorem 1.4. Let \( k \) be a field and \( f \) a polynomial in one variable \( X \) in \( k\left\lbrack X\right\rbrack \), of degree \( n \geqq 0 \) . Then \( f \) has at most \( n \) roots in \( k \), and if \( a \) is a root of \( f \) in \( k \), then \( X - a \) divides \( f\left( X\right) \) .
Proof. Suppose \( f\left( a\right) = 0 \) . Find \( q, r \) such that\n\n\[ f\left( X\right) = q\left( X\right) \left( {X - a}\right) + r\left( X\right) \]\n\nand \( \deg r < 1 \) . Then\n\n\[ 0 = f\left( a\right) = r\left( a\right) \]\n\nSince \( r = 0 \) or \( r \) is a non-zero constant, we must have \( r = 0 \), wh...
Yes
Corollary 1.6. Let \( k \) be a field, and let \( {S}_{1},\ldots ,{S}_{n} \) be infinite subsets of \( k \) . Let \( f\left( {{X}_{1},\ldots ,{X}_{n}}\right) \) be a polynomial in \( n \) variables over \( k \) . If \( f\left( {{a}_{1},\ldots ,{a}_{n}}\right) = 0 \) for all \( {a}_{i} \in {S}_{i}\left( {i = 1,\ldots, n...
Proof. By induction. We have just seen the result is true for one variable. Let \( n \geqq 2 \), and write\n\n\[ f\left( {{X}_{1},\ldots ,{X}_{n}}\right) = \mathop{\sum }\limits_{j}{f}_{j}\left( {{X}_{1},\ldots ,{X}_{n - 1}}\right) {X}_{n}^{j} \]\n\nas a polynomial in \( {X}_{n} \) with coefficients in \( k\left\lbrack...
Yes
Corollary 1.8. Let \( k \) be a finite field with \( q \) elements. Let \( f \) be a polynomial in \( n \) variables over \( k \) such that the degree of \( f \) in each variable is \( < q \) . If \( f \) induces the zero function on \( {k}^{\left( n\right) } \), then \( f = 0 \) .
Proof. By induction. If \( n = 1 \), then the degree of \( f \) is \( < q \), and hence \( f \) cannot have \( q \) roots unless it is 0 . The inductive step is carried out just as we did for the proof of Corollary 1.6 above.
No
Theorem 1.9. Let \( k \) be a field and let \( U \) be a finite multiplicative subgroup of \( k \) . Then \( U \) is cyclic.
Proof. Write \( U \) as a product of subgroups \( U\left( p\right) \) for each prime \( p \), where \( U\left( p\right) \) is a \( p \) -group. By Proposition 4.3(v) of Chapter I, it will suffice to prove that \( U\left( p\right) \) is cyclic for each \( p \) . Let \( a \) be an element of \( U\left( p\right) \) of max...
Yes