OCR FP3 2011 June — Question 4

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFP3 (Further Pure Mathematics 3)
Year2011
SessionJune
TopicGroups

4 A group \(G\), of order 8, is generated by the elements \(a , b , c . G\) has the properties $$a ^ { 2 } = b ^ { 2 } = c ^ { 2 } = e , \quad a b = b a , \quad b c = c b , \quad c a = a c ,$$ where \(e\) is the identity.
  1. Using these properties and basic group properties as necessary, prove that \(a b c = c b a\). The operation table for \(G\) is shown below.
    \(e\)\(a\)\(b\)\(c\)\(b c\)ca\(a b\)\(a b c\)
    \(e\)\(e\)\(a\)\(b\)\(c\)\(b c\)ca\(a b\)\(a b c\)
    \(a\)\(a\)\(e\)\(a b\)ca\(a b c\)\(c\)\(b\)\(b c\)
    \(b\)\(b\)\(a b\)\(e\)\(b c\)\(c\)\(a b c\)\(a\)ca
    c\(c\)ca\(b c\)\(e\)\(b\)\(a\)\(a b c\)\(a b\)
    \(b c\)\(b c\)\(a b c\)\(c\)\(b\)\(e\)\(a b\)ca\(a\)
    cacac\(a b c\)\(a\)\(a b\)\(e\)\(b c\)\(b\)
    \(a b\)\(a b\)\(b\)\(a\)\(a b c\)cabc\(e\)\(c\)
    \(a b c\)\(a b c\)\(b c\)ca\(a b\)\(a\)\(b\)\(c\)\(e\)
  2. List all the subgroups of order 2 .
  3. List five subgroups of order 4.
  4. Determine whether all the subgroups of \(G\) which are of order 4 are isomorphic.