OCR FP3 2007 January — Question 5

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFP3 (Further Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2007
SessionJanuary
TopicGroups

5 A multiplicative group \(G\) of order 9 has distinct elements \(p\) and \(q\), both of which have order 3 . The group is commutative, the identity element is \(e\), and it is given that \(q \neq p ^ { 2 }\).
  1. Write down the elements of a proper subgroup of \(G\)
    (a) which does not contain \(q\),
    (b) which does not contain \(p\).
  2. Find the order of each of the elements \(p q\) and \(p q ^ { 2 }\), justifying your answers.
  3. State the possible order(s) of proper subgroups of \(G\).
  4. Find two proper subgroups of \(G\) which are distinct from those in part (i), simplifying the elements.