OCR FP3 2007 June — Question 4

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

4 Elements of the set \(\{ p , q , r , s , t \}\) are combined according to the operation table shown below.
\(p\)\(q\)\(r\)\(s\)\(t\)
\(p\)\(t\)\(s\)\(p\)\(r\)\(q\)
\(q\)\(s\)\(p\)\(q\)\(t\)\(r\)
\(r\)\(p\)\(q\)\(r\)\(s\)\(t\)
\(s\)\(r\)\(t\)\(s\)\(q\)\(p\)
\(t\)\(q\)\(r\)\(t\)\(p\)\(s\)
  1. Verify that \(q ( s t ) = ( q s ) t\).
  2. Assuming that the associative property holds for all elements, prove that the set \(\{ p , q , r , s , t \}\), with the operation table shown, forms a group \(G\).
  3. A multiplicative group \(H\) is isomorphic to the group \(G\). The identity element of \(H\) is \(e\) and another element is \(d\). Write down the elements of \(H\) in terms of \(e\) and \(d\).