OCR Further Additional Pure 2024 June — Question 8 15 marks

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFurther Additional Pure (Further Additional Pure)
Year2024
SessionJune
Marks15
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TopicGroups
TypeSubgroups and cosets
DifficultyChallenging +1.8 This is a Further Maths group theory question requiring knowledge of Lagrange's theorem, cyclic groups, isomorphisms, and coordinate groups. While the individual parts involve standard results (subgroup orders divide group order, cyclic groups are abelian), the multi-part structure, need to work with abstract coordinate groups, and requirement to prove/disprove isomorphism between different group structures demands solid conceptual understanding beyond routine application. The isomorphism verification requires finding generators and systematic reasoning about group structure.
Spec8.03f Subgroups: definition and tests for proper subgroups8.03i Properties of groups: structure of finite groups up to order 78.03k Lagrange's theorem: order of subgroup divides order of group8.03l Isomorphism: determine using informal methods

8 The group \(G\) is cyclic and of order 12.
    1. State the possible orders of all the proper subgroups of \(G\). You must justify your answers.
    2. List all the elements of each of these subgroups.
    3. Explain why \(G\) must be abelian. The group \(\mathbb { Z } _ { k }\) is the cyclic group of order \(k\), consisting of the elements \(\{ 0,1,2 , \ldots , k - 1 \}\) under the operation \(+ _ { k }\) of addition modulo \(k\). The coordinate group \(\mathrm { C } _ { \mathrm { mn } }\) is the group which consists of elements of the form \(( x , y )\), where \(\mathrm { x } \in \mathbb { Z } _ { \mathrm { m } }\) and \(\mathrm { y } \in \mathbb { Z } _ { \mathrm { n } }\), under the operation \(\oplus\) given by \(\left( \mathrm { x } _ { 1 } , \mathrm { y } _ { 1 } \right) \oplus \left( \mathrm { x } _ { 2 } , \mathrm { y } _ { 2 } \right) = \left( \mathrm { x } _ { 1 } + { } _ { \mathrm { m } } \mathrm { x } _ { 2 } , \mathrm { y } _ { 1 } + { } _ { \mathrm { n } } \mathrm { y } _ { 2 } \right)\). For example, for \(m = 5\) and \(n = 2 , ( 3,0 ) \oplus ( 4,1 ) = ( 2,1 )\).
    1. List all the elements of \(\mathrm { J } = \mathrm { C } _ { 34 }\).
    2. Show that \(G\) and \(J\) are isomorphic. There is a second coordinate group of order 12; that is, \(\mathrm { K } = \mathrm { C } _ { \mathrm { mn } }\), where \(1 < \mathrm { m } < \mathrm { n } < 12\) but neither \(m\) nor \(n\) is equal to 3 or 4 .
    1. State the values of \(m\) and \(n\) which give \(K\).
    2. Hence list all of the elements of \(K\).
    3. Explain why \(K\) must be abelian.
  1. Show that \(G\) and \(K\) are not isomorphic. \section*{END OF QUESTION PAPER}

8 The group $G$ is cyclic and of order 12.
\begin{enumerate}[label=(\alph*)]
\item \begin{enumerate}[label=(\roman*)]
\item State the possible orders of all the proper subgroups of $G$. You must justify your answers.
\item List all the elements of each of these subgroups.
\item Explain why $G$ must be abelian.

The group $\mathbb { Z } _ { k }$ is the cyclic group of order $k$, consisting of the elements $\{ 0,1,2 , \ldots , k - 1 \}$ under the operation $+ _ { k }$ of addition modulo $k$.

The coordinate group $\mathrm { C } _ { \mathrm { mn } }$ is the group which consists of elements of the form $( x , y )$, where $\mathrm { x } \in \mathbb { Z } _ { \mathrm { m } }$ and $\mathrm { y } \in \mathbb { Z } _ { \mathrm { n } }$, under the operation $\oplus$ given by $\left( \mathrm { x } _ { 1 } , \mathrm { y } _ { 1 } \right) \oplus \left( \mathrm { x } _ { 2 } , \mathrm { y } _ { 2 } \right) = \left( \mathrm { x } _ { 1 } + { } _ { \mathrm { m } } \mathrm { x } _ { 2 } , \mathrm { y } _ { 1 } + { } _ { \mathrm { n } } \mathrm { y } _ { 2 } \right)$. For example, for $m = 5$ and $n = 2 , ( 3,0 ) \oplus ( 4,1 ) = ( 2,1 )$.
\end{enumerate}\item \begin{enumerate}[label=(\roman*)]
\item List all the elements of $\mathrm { J } = \mathrm { C } _ { 34 }$.
\item Show that $G$ and $J$ are isomorphic.

There is a second coordinate group of order 12; that is, $\mathrm { K } = \mathrm { C } _ { \mathrm { mn } }$, where $1 < \mathrm { m } < \mathrm { n } < 12$ but neither $m$ nor $n$ is equal to 3 or 4 .
\end{enumerate}\item \begin{enumerate}[label=(\roman*)]
\item State the values of $m$ and $n$ which give $K$.
\item Hence list all of the elements of $K$.
\item Explain why $K$ must be abelian.
\end{enumerate}\item Show that $G$ and $K$ are not isomorphic.

\section*{END OF QUESTION PAPER}
\end{enumerate}

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