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What is a ring (with unity)?
A set with operations * and + such that (R, +) is an abelian group, there exists a 1 ∈ R such that 1 * a = a * 1 = a, a * (b * c) = (a * b) * c, and a * (b + c) = a * b + a * c, (b + c) * a = b * a + c * a.
A ring is commutative if a * b = b * a.
True
What are some examples of commutative rings?
Z, Z ln Z, IR, R[x], Q.
What is a zero divisor?
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R is an integral domain if it is commutative and has no zero divisors.
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R is a field if it is commutative and every non-zero element is invertible.
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What are some examples of fields?
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What is a subring?
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What is an ideal?
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What are some examples of ideals?
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An ideal I ⊆ R is prime in a commutative ring R if ab ∈ I implies a ∈ I or b ∈ I.
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What are examples of an ideal being prime in a commutative ring?
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What is a (unital) ring homomorphism?
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F is an isomorphism if it is also bijective.
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What is the kernel of f?
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What is the characteristic of R?
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If r ∈ R is a zero divisor, then r is not invertible.
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If f: R → S is a homomorphism, then Ker(f) is an ideal.
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If I ⊆ R is an ideal, what is R/I?
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What is the Fundamental Homomorphism Theorem (FHT)?
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I ⊆ R is a prime ideal if and only if R/I is an integral domain.
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For any ring, what is the unique homomorphism?
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Every ideal in Z is principal.
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Every ideal in F[x] is principal for a field F.
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Both Z and F[X] have division algorithms.
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What is the Rational Root Test?
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What is Einstein's criterion?
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What is a group?
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What are examples of a group?
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A group is abelian if a * b = b * a.
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What is a subgroup?
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What are some examples of a subgroup?
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What is the order of g ∈ G?
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G is cyclic if G = {g^n : n ∈ Z} for some g ∈ G.
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What is a homomorphism between groups?
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F: G → H is an isomorphism if it is also bijective.
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What are some examples of isomorphisms?
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What is the kernel of a homomorphism?
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Study Notes
Rings
- A ring (with unity) consists of a set with operations * and + where (R, +) is an abelian group and includes multiplicative identity 1.
- Operations follow distributive properties: a * (b + c) = ab + ac and (b + c)a = ba + c*a.
- A ring is commutative if a * b = b * a for all a, b in R.
Types of Rings
- Examples of commutative rings include:
- Z (integers)
- Z ln Z
- IR (real numbers)
- R[x] (polynomials with real coefficients)
- Q (rational numbers)
- A zero divisor is a non-zero element a in R such that there's a non-zero b in R with ab = 0.
- An integral domain is a commutative ring without zero divisors.
Fields
- A field is a commutative ring where every non-zero element has a multiplicative inverse.
- Examples of fields include:
- Q (rationals)
- IR (reals)
- Z/pZ for prime p.
Subrings and Ideals
- A subring S of R satisfies:
- Contains unity (1 ∈ S).
- (S, +) is a subgroup of (R, +).
- For a, b in S, their product ab is also in S.
- An ideal I of R is defined by:
- (I, +) being a subgroup.
- For x ∈ I, r ∈ R, both rx and xr belong to I.
Prime Ideals
- Ideal I in a commutative ring R is prime if ab ∈ I implies a ∈ I or b ∈ I.
- Examples of prime ideals:
- pZ in Z for a prime p.
- Irreducible polynomials in F[x].
Homomorphisms
- A (unital) ring homomorphism f: R → S includes:
- f(1) = 1.
- f(a + b) = f(a) + f(b).
- f(ab) = f(a)f(b).
- Isomorphism exists if the homomorphism is bijective.
- The kernel of f, Ker(f), consists of elements in R mapped to the zero element in S.
Additional Concepts
- The characteristic of R is the smallest n such that adding 1 n times equals 0.
- For any ring, a unique homomorphism exists from Z to R with Kernel char(R)Z.
- Every ideal in Z and F[x] is principal (generated by a single element).
- Fundamental Homomorphism Theorem states R/Ker(f) ≅ S for a surjective homomorphism f.
Groups
- A group G has an operation * satisfying:
- Associativity: a * (b * c) = (a * b) * c.
- There exists an identity element e such that e * g = g for all g in G.
- Each g has an inverse g^(-1) such that g * g^(-1) = e.
- A group is abelian if a * b = b * a, and examples include Z and S_n (symmetric groups).
Subgroups and Orders
- A subgroup H of G must satisfy:
- H is non-empty.
- For a, b in H, the product ab is in H.
- If a is in H, then the inverse a^(-1) is also in H.
- The order of g in G is the smallest positive integer n such that g^n equals the identity.
Isomorphisms and Kernels
- A map f: G → H is a homomorphism if f(ab) = f(a)f(b).
- The kernel of a homomorphism f: G → H is Ker(f) = { g in G | f(g) = e }.
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