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Abel's theorem in problems and solutions - School of Mathematics

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14 Chapter 1<br />

where the first row conta<strong>in</strong>s all the elements <strong>of</strong> the given set, <strong>and</strong> the<br />

second row <strong>in</strong>dicates all the correspond<strong>in</strong>g images under the permutation.<br />

S<strong>in</strong>ce the transformation is one to one, for every transformation there<br />

exists the <strong>in</strong>verse transformation which is def<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g<br />

way: if then So <strong>in</strong> Example 1<br />

Therefore i.e.,<br />

10. F<strong>in</strong>d the <strong>in</strong>verse transformations <strong>of</strong> all symmetries <strong>of</strong> the equilateral<br />

triangle (see Examples 1 <strong>and</strong> 2).<br />

11. Consider the transformation <strong>of</strong> all real numbers given by<br />

F<strong>in</strong>d the <strong>in</strong>verse transformation.<br />

The multiplication <strong>of</strong> the transformations <strong>and</strong> is def<strong>in</strong>ed as<br />

(the transformation is done first, afterwards).<br />

If <strong>and</strong> axe transformations <strong>of</strong> the set M then is also a transformation<br />

<strong>of</strong> set M.<br />

DEFINITION. Suppose that a set G <strong>of</strong> transformations possesses the<br />

follow<strong>in</strong>g properties: 1) if two transformations <strong>and</strong> belong to G, then<br />

their product also belongs to G; 2) if a transformation belongs to<br />

G then its <strong>in</strong>verse transformation belongs to G. In this case we call<br />

such a set <strong>of</strong> transformations a group <strong>of</strong> transformations.<br />

It is not difficult to verify that the sets <strong>of</strong> transformations considered<br />

<strong>in</strong> Examples 1–6 are, <strong>in</strong> fact, groups <strong>of</strong> transformations.<br />

12. Prove that any group <strong>of</strong> transformations conta<strong>in</strong>s the identical<br />

transformation such that for every element A <strong>of</strong> the set M.<br />

13. Prove that for any transformation<br />

14. Prove that for any three transformations <strong>and</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g<br />

equality holds 3 :<br />

1.3 Groups<br />

To solve Problems 6 <strong>and</strong> 7 we wrote the multiplication tables for the symmetries<br />

<strong>of</strong> the rhombus <strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> the rectangle. It has turned out that <strong>in</strong> our<br />

3 This equality is true not only for transformations but also for any three mapp<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

<strong>and</strong> such that

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