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diff --git a/Homework/math4310/abstract_algebra_midterm_2.tex b/Homework/math4310/abstract_algebra_midterm_2.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a3f0a2f --- /dev/null +++ b/Homework/math4310/abstract_algebra_midterm_2.tex @@ -0,0 +1,176 @@ +% Created 2023-10-07 Sat 14:55 +% Intended LaTeX compiler: pdflatex +\documentclass[11pt]{article} +\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} +\usepackage[T1]{fontenc} +\usepackage{graphicx} +\usepackage{longtable} +\usepackage{wrapfig} +\usepackage{rotating} +\usepackage[normalem]{ulem} +\usepackage{amsmath} +\usepackage{amssymb} +\usepackage{capt-of} +\usepackage{hyperref} +\notindent \notag \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage[a4paper,margin=1in,portrait]{geometry} \usepackage{polynom} \usepackage{wasysym} +\author{Lizzy Hunt} +\date{\today} +\title{Midterm 2} +\hypersetup{ + pdfauthor={Lizzy Hunt}, + pdftitle={Midterm 2}, + pdfkeywords={}, + pdfsubject={}, + pdfcreator={Emacs 28.2 (Org mode 9.7-pre)}, + pdflang={English}} +\begin{document} + +\maketitle +\setlength\parindent{0pt} + +\section{Question One} +\label{sec:orgd83a31d} +In \(\mathds{Z}_3[x]\), \(4x^3 + 4x + 4 \equiv x^3 + x + 1\) +\begin{equation*} +\polylongdiv[style=A]{x^3 + x + 1}{2x^2+1} +\end{equation*} + +\(\frac{1}{2}x \equiv_3 2x\) and \(\frac{1}{2}x + 1 \equiv_3 (2x + 1)\) + +So, \(a(x) = b(x)q(x) + r(x) = (2x^2 + 1)(2x) + (2x + 1)\) + +\section{Question Two} +\label{sec:org245f338} +\begin{equation*} +\polylongdiv[style=A]{x^4 + x^3 + x + 1}{x-2} +\end{equation*} + +Shows that the remainder will be zero when we are in \(\mathds{Z}_3[x]\) + +\section{Question Three} +\label{sec:org154bff9} +We will use the Euclidean algorithm to find the GCD: +\subsection{GCD} +\label{sec:orga7765bb} +\begin{align*} +3x^3 + 2x^2 + 2x + 3 &= (3x - 1)(x^2 + x + 3) + (4x + 1) \\ +(x^2 + x + 3) &\equiv_5 (4x + 1)(4x + 3) + 45 \equiv_5 (4x + 1)(4x + 3) + 0 \\ +\end{align*} + +So, the GCD is (4x + 1) + +\subsection{(supplement) Division Algorithm Work} +\label{sec:orgdafc72b} +\begin{equation*} +\polylongdiv[style=A]{3x^3 + 2x^2 + 2x + 3}{x^2 + x + 3} +\end{equation*} + +\begin{equation*} +\polylongdiv[style=A]{x^2 + x + 3}{4x + 1} +\end{equation*} + +Check the GCD: + +\begin{equation*} +\polylongdiv[style=A]{3x^3 + 2x^2 + 2x + 3}{4x + 1} +\end{equation*} + +\(\frac{3}{4}x^2 + \frac{5}{16}x + \frac{27}{64} \equiv_5 2x^2 + 3\) +and \(\frac{165}{64} \equiv_5 0\) + +\begin{equation*} +\polylongdiv[style=A]{x^2 + x + 3}{4x + 1} +\end{equation*} + +\(\frac{1}{4}x + \frac{3}{16} \equiv_5 4x + 3\) +and \(\frac{45}{16} \equiv_5 0\). + +\section{Question Four} +\label{sec:org9492a2d} +\subsection{a} +\label{sec:orgc2e7831} +\(\mathds{Z}_3[x]\) is a field by Theorem 2.8. + +There are no roots of \(2x^3 + x + 1\) in \(\mathds{Z}_3\), so by Theorem 5.10 \(\mathds{Z}_3[x] / (2x^3 + x + 1)\) is a field, as it is +irreducible by Corollary 4.19. + +\subsection{b} +\label{sec:org68f838e} +Since we've proven \(\mathds{Z}_3[x] / (2x^3 + x + 1)\) is a field, we know that \([2x + 1]\) must be a unit. + +By similar reasoning to the proof of Theorem 5.10 (1), \(gcd(2x + 1, 2x^3 + x + 1) = 1\) + +Then, + +\begin{equation*} +\polylongdiv[style=A]{2x^3 + x + 1}{2x + 1} +\end{equation*} + +Shows that: +\begin{align*} +2x^3 + x + 1 &= (2x + 1)(x^2 + x) + 1 \\ +1 &= (2x^3 + x + 1) + (2x+1)(-x^2 - x) \\ +1 - (2x^3 + x + 1) &= (2x + 1)(-x^2 - x) \\ +1 &\equiv_{2x^3 + x + 1} (2x+1)(-x^2 - x) +\end{align*} +and thus, by similar logic again found in the proof mentioned before, \([-x^2 - x] = [2x^2 + 2x]\) must be the inverse. + +As a sanity check, + +\begin{equation*} +\polylongdiv[style=A]{2x^3 + x + 1}{2x^2 + 2x} +\end{equation*} + +shows that the remainder is a unit in \(\mathds{Z}[3]\). + +\section{Question Five} +\label{sec:orgaf8ce04} +Firstly, \(\mathds{Z}_5[x]\) is a field by Theorem 2.8. + +\subsection{a} +\label{sec:orgf579bc7} +There are no roots of \(x^2 + 2x + 3\) in \(\mathds{Z}_5\), so by Theorem 5.10 it is irreducible. + +\(f_1 : (0, 1, 2, 3, 4) \rightarrow (3, 1, 1, 3, 2)\) + +\subsection{b} +\label{sec:orgb0b2569} +This is reducible since \(1\) is a root. + +\begin{equation*} +\polylongdiv[style=A]{x^3 + x + 3}{x - 1} +\end{equation*} + +Thus, \(f_2(x) = (x + 4)(x^2 + x + 2)\) + + +\section{Question Six} +\label{sec:org009bcbb} +Following pages 137 - 138 of the book\ldots{} + +By Corollary 4.19 we know \((x^2 + 1)\) is irreducible in \(\mathds{R}[x]\) since its only roots are in \(\mathds{C}\): \(\pm i\). + +Because of Corollary 5.12, we know that there is an extension field \(K\) that contains a root to \((x^2 + 1)\). Namely, +some \(\alpha = [x]\). By Corollary 5.5, each element can be rewritten as \([ax + b]\) with \(a, b \in \mathds{R}\). +We can create a mapping \(f\) such that \([a + bx] \rightarrow [a] + [b][x] = a + b \alpha\) is unique and \(f^{-1}(a + b \alpha) \rightarrow [a + bx]\) (bijection). + +Additionally, we can show that \(f([a + bx]) + f([c + dx]) = (a + b \alpha) + (c + d \alpha) = (a + c) + (b + d) \alpha = f([(a + c)x + (b + d)])\). + +\begin{equation*} +[ax + b][cx + b] = [acx^2 + abx + bcx + bd] +\end{equation*} + +\begin{equation*} +\polylongdiv[style=A]{acx^2 + abx + bcx + bd}{x^2 + 1} +\end{equation*} + +So, multiplication in \(K\) is given: + +\begin{equation*} +[ax + b][cx + b] = [(ab + bc)x + ac - bd] +\end{equation*} + +Then, we can show that by definition of \(\alpha\), \(f([a + bx]) \cdot f([c + dx]) = (a + b \alpha) \cdot (c + d \alpha) = (ac + ad \alpha + bc \alpha + bd \alpha^2) = (ac - bd + (ad + bc)\alpha) = f([(ab + bc)x + ac - bd]) = f([a + bx][c + dx])\). + +Now, replacing our work with \(\alpha = i\), \(f\) is an isomorphism from \(\mathds{R}/(x^2 + 1)\) to \(\mathds{C}\) since it is a bijection and satisfies the addition and multiplication rules. +\end{document}
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