OCR Further Additional Pure 2021 November — Question 6

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleFurther Additional Pure (Further Additional Pure)
Year2021
SessionNovember
TopicGroups

6 The binary operation ◇ is defined on the set \(\mathbb { C }\) of complex numbers by
\(( a + i b ) \diamond ( c + i d ) = a c + i ( b + a d )\)
where \(a , b , c\) and \(d\) are real numbers.
  1. Is \(\mathbb { C }\) closed under △ ? Justify your answer.
  2. Prove that ◇ is associative on \(\mathbb { C }\).
  3. Determine the identity element of \(\mathbb { C }\) under \(\diamond\).
  4. Determine the largest subset S of \(\mathbb { C }\) such that \(( \mathrm { S } , \diamond )\) is a group.