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MAT206 2015/16 Past Question
Check out my post on "Introduction to the real number system[Algebraic structures]" for better understanding.
(1a) Let C denote the system of complex numbers i.e ordered pairs (x,y) of real numbers with the operations defined by
(x1,y1)+(x2,y2)=(x1+x2,y1+y2)
(x1,y1)(x2,y2)=(x1x2−y1y2,x1y2+y1x2)
Show that C is a filed?
(1b) Let F3 consists of 3 distinct elements θ,e,t where addition and multiplication is defined by the table:
Solutions
(1a) We are to show that C is a field, to do this, we show that C satisfies all axioms of field structure.
Now since C is an ordered pair (x,y) of real numbers then the following field axioms hold:
If x=(x1,x2) and y=(y1,y2)
(i) cummutativity x+y=y+x
(ii) additive (x+y)=(x1+y1,x2+y2)
(iii) Existence of a unique element 0 such that
0+x=x
(iv)Existence of additive inverse: for every x∈C there exists a corresponding element −x∈C such that x+(−x)=0
Now we move onto the multiplicative property
(v) complex multiplication exists
x.y=(x1y1−x2y2,x1y2+x2y1)
(vi) multiplicative cummutativity
x.y=y.x
(vii) Existence multiplicative inverse if x∈C and x≠0 then there exists a 1x∈C such that x.(1x)=1
(viii) Existence of multiplicative identity: C contains an element 1≠0 such that 1x=x for x∈C
(ix)Multiplicative distributivity
x(y+z)=xy+xz for any pair (x,y,z)∈R
(1b) Let F3 consists of 3 distinct element θ,,e,t where addition and multiplication is defined:
We now show that F3 is field using the given table
(i) Cummutativity θ+e=e+θ=e
(ii) Associativity (θ+e)+t=θ+(e+t)=θ
(iii) Existence of additive unique element 0∈F3 such that 0+θ=θ
(iv) Existence of an inverse element −θ for any θ
such that θ+(−θ)=0
Now we show for the multiplicative axioms
(v) Cummutativity θ.t=t.θ=θ
(vi) Associativity (θe)t=θ(et)=0
(viii) Existence of a multiplicative inverse for any θ there exists θ−1 such that θ.θ−1=1
(ix) Distributivity θ(e+t)=θe+θt=θ