Instructor’s Solutions Manual 讲师解决方案手册.pdf

Instructor’s Solutions Manual to accompany A First Course in Abstract Algebra Seventh Edition John B. Fraleigh University of Rhode Island Preface This manual contains solutions to all exercises in the text, except those odd-numbered exercises for which fairly lengthy complete solutions are given in the answers at the back of the text. Then reference is simply given to the text answers to save typing. I prepared these solutions myself. While I tried to be accurate, there are sure to be the inevitable mistakes and typos. An author reading proof rends to see what he or she wants to see. However, the instructor should find this manual adequate for the purpose for which it is intended. Morgan, Vermont J.B.F July, 2002 i CONTENTS 0. Sets and Relations 1 I. Groups and Subgroups 1. Introduction and Examples 4 2. Binary Operations 7 3. Isomorphic Binary Structures 9 4. Groups 13 5. Subgroups 17 6. Cyclic Groups 21 7. Generators and Cayley Digraphs 24 II. Permutations, Cosets, and Direct Products 8. Groups of Permutations 26 9. Orbits, Cycles, and the Alternating Groups 30 10. Cosets and the Theorem of Lagrange 34 11. Direct Products and Finitely Generated Abelian Groups 37 12. Plane Isometries 42 III. Homomorphisms and Factor Groups 13. Homomorphisms 44 14. Factor Groups 49 15. Factor-Group Computations and Simple Groups 53 16. Group Actio