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Assignment 5

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    Exercise \(\PageIndex{1}\)
    1. If \(\sigma \in A_n\) and \(\tau \in S_n\text{,}\) show that \(\tau^{-1} \sigma \tau \in A_n\text{.}\)
    2. What are the possible cycle structures of elements of \(A_5\text{?}\) What about \(A_6\text{?}\)
    Exercise \(\PageIndex{2}\)
    1. Find all of the subgroups in \(A_4\text{.}\) What is the order of each subgroup?
    2.  What are the conjugacy classes of \(A_4\)?
    3. Let \(H=\{ e, (12)(34), (13)(24), (14)(23)\}.\) Find the left cosets and right cosets of \(H\) in \(A_4.\)
    Exercise \(\PageIndex{3}\)
    1. Find the center of \(D_4\) and \(D_5\). Justify your answer.
    2. What is the center of \(D_n\text{?}\)
    3.  Find the conjugacy classes of  \(D_4\). Justify your answer.
    Exercise \(\PageIndex{4}\)

    List all of the subgroups of \(S_4\text{.}\) Find each of the following sets:

    1. \(\displaystyle \{ \sigma \in S_4 : \sigma(1) = 3 \}\)
    2. \(\displaystyle \{ \sigma \in S_4 : \sigma(2) = 2 \}\)
    3.  \(\{ \sigma \in S_4 : \sigma(1) = 3\) and \(\sigma(2) = 2 \}\text{.}\)
    4. Are any of these sets subgroups of \(S_4\text{?}\)
    Exercise \(\PageIndex{5}\)

    Let \(\sigma \in S_X\text{.}\) If \(\sigma^n(x) = y\) for some \(n \in \mathbb Z\text{,}\) we will say that \(x \sim y\text{.}\) 

    1. Show that \(\sim\) is an equivalence relation on \(X\text{.}\)
    2.  Define the orbit of \(x \in X\) under \(\sigma \in S_X\) to be the set
      \[ {\mathcal O}_{x, \sigma} = \{ y : x \sim y \}\text{.} \nonumber \]

      Compute the orbits of each element in \(\{1, 2, 3, 4, 5\}\) under each of the following elements in \(S_5\text{:}\)

      \begin{align*} \alpha & = (1254)\\ \beta & = (123)(45)\\ \gamma & = (13)(25)\text{.} \end{align*}
       That is for example: \begin{align*} {\mathcal O}_{x, \sigma}&  = \{ y \in \{1,2,3,4,5\} : x \sim y \}\\
       &=\{ y :\sigma^n(x) = y,\text{for some } n\in \mathbb{N} \}\\
       \end{align*}

    3. If \({\mathcal O}_{x, \sigma} \cap {\mathcal O}_{y, \sigma} \neq \emptyset\text{,}\) prove that \({\mathcal O}_{x, \sigma} = {\mathcal O}_{y, \sigma}\text{.}\) The orbits under a permutation \(\sigma\) are the equivalence classes corresponding to the equivalence relation \(\sim\text{.}\)
      A subgroup \(H\) of \(S_X\) is transitive if for every \(x, y \in X\text{,}\) there exists a \(\sigma \in H\) such that \(\sigma(x) = y\text{.}\) Prove that \(\langle \sigma \rangle\) is transitive if and only if \({\mathcal O}_{x, \sigma} = X\) for some \(x \in X\text{.}\)


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