mathsfun Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 can somebody pls help with the following: Let G={1, -1,i,-i} where i^2 = -1. Show that G is an abelian group and give the group table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodhound Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 form a group table under multiplication 1 -1 i -i 1 1 -1 i -i -1 -1 1 -i i i i -i -1 1 -i -i i 1 -1 and just look at the elements of G times G. u can see that ab =ba whenever a,b in G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathsfun Posted November 12, 2004 Author Share Posted November 12, 2004 thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt grime Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 It's a finite subset sof the complex numbers closed under multiplication and possessing inverses and identity, hence it is an abelian group. They really asked you to write out the group table? What level course is this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodhound Posted November 12, 2004 Share Posted November 12, 2004 probably first year maths. i had to do that sort of stuff in my "Groups for Dummies" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogtanian Posted November 13, 2004 Share Posted November 13, 2004 They really asked you to write out the group table? What level course is this? In my semigroups course I had a question the other week where I had to draw the multiplication table for the semigroup of just 2 elements...I guess at all levels there can be some need to use the tables of the simplest groups etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeschylus Posted November 14, 2004 Share Posted November 14, 2004 It's when they make you draw the multplictaion table for the trivial group that you should rise up and overthrow your maths teachers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathsfun Posted November 17, 2004 Author Share Posted November 17, 2004 It's a finite subset sof the complex numbers closed under multiplication and possessing inverses and identity, hence it is an abelian group. They really asked you to write out the group table? What level course is this? this is a 1st year course, although to me it seems so difficult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathsfun Posted November 17, 2004 Author Share Posted November 17, 2004 It's a finite subset sof the complex numbers closed under multiplication and possessing inverses and identity, hence it is an abelian group. They really asked you to write out the group table? What level course is this? this is a 1st year course, although to me it seems so difficult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt grime Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 It's not about the difficulty, it's a query about utility. Writing out group tables doesn't really help you do anything that you're not better off doing without them you see. If you have to use tables, have you heard of the latin square principle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt grime Posted November 17, 2004 Share Posted November 17, 2004 It's not about the difficulty, it's a query about utility. Writing out group tables doesn't really help you do anything that you're not better off doing without them you see. If you have to use tables, have you heard of the latin square principle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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