Let
G be a finite group and H a subgroup of G. Let a be an element of G
and aH = {ah : h is an element of H} be a left coset of H. If b is
an element of G as well and the intersection of aH bH is non-empty
then aH and bH contain the same number of elements in G. Thus
conclude that the number of elements in H, o(H), divides the number
of elements...
Let (G,+) be an abelian group and U a subgroup of G. Prove that
G is the direct product of U and V (where V a subgroup of G) if
only if there is a homomorphism f : G → U with f|U =
IdU
Prove that in a finite cyclic group, each subgroup has size dividing the size of the group. Conversely, given a positive divisor of the size of the group, there is a subgroup of that size.
Let a be an element of a finite group G. The order of a is the
least power k such that ak = e.
Find the orders of following elements in S5
a. (1 2 3 )
b. (1 3 2 4)
c. (2 3) (1 4)
d. (1 2) (3 5 4)