1. Find the order of every element of Z2 Z4 and Z2 Z3 . Which of these
two groups is cyclic? 2. Let (a, b) Zn Zm such that (a) = k and (b) = t. Prove that the order of (a, b) is lcm(k, t). 3. When is Zn Zm cyclic? (Hint: Use Ex. 2) 4. Prove that Z Z is not cyclic. 5. Let p and q be two distinct primes and G be an abelian group of order pq. If H and K are subgroups of G of orders p and q respectively, then prove that G is a direct product of H and K. 6. Show that the Ex. 2 is not true for non-abelian groups. (Hint: S3 ) 7. Find all cosets of R+ in R , where R = R\{0} is a group under multiplication and R+ is the subgroup of all positive reals. Can you identify the factor group R /R+ with some familiar group? 8. Let H = {1, i} be a subgroup of the multiplicative group C . Use first isomorphism theorem to prove that C/H = C. 9. Let G1 and G2 be two groups and G = G1 G2 . Prove that H = G1 {e} is a normal subgroup of G and G/H = G2 . 10. Let H be the subset of GLn (R) consisting of all matrices with positive determinant. Prove that H is a normal subgroup of GLn (R) and also identify the quotient group GLn (R)/H.