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Math 5285H: Fundamental Structures of Algebra I HW 2 Solutions, (October 5th, 2011) All problems from Chapter 2 of Artin’s Algebra. 1.3 If map r : N → N was a right inverse for the shift map s, then the composition sr would send 1 to 1. However, the number 1 is not in the image of s so such a right inverse is impossible. For any n ∈ N, define the map ℓ by ℓ (i) = i − 1 if i ≥ 2 and ℓ (1) = n. Then the composition ℓ s is the n n n n identity on N. Thus we have exhibited an infinite number of left inverses. 2.1 Group multiplication table for S3 = {e, (12), (13), (23), (123), (132)} with first row (resp. column) corre- e (12) (23) (13) (123) (132) (12) e (123) (132) (23) (13) (23) (132) e (123) (13) (12) sponding to left (resp. right-) multiplication by identity e: . (13) (123) (132) e (12) (23) (123) (13) (12) (23) (132) e (132) (23) (13) (12) e (123) 2.2 Let S′ be the subset of S consisting of invertible elements. We must show that the as