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- Examples 5 and 6 of Section 5.1 showed that P(U) is a commutative ring with unity. In Exercises 4 and 5, let U={a,b}. Is P(U) a field? If not, find all nonzero elements that do not have multiplicative inverses. [Type here][Type here]arrow_forwardExercises 10. Prove Theorem 5.4:A subset of the ring is a subring of if and only if these conditions are satisfied: is nonempty. and imply that and are in .arrow_forward19. Find a specific example of two elements and in a ring such that and .arrow_forward
- 15. Let and be elements of a ring. Prove that the equation has a unique solution.arrow_forwardLet R be a commutative ring with characteristic 2. Show that each of the following is true for all x,yR a. (x+y)2=x2+y2 b. (x+y)4=x4+y4arrow_forwardExercises If and are two ideals of the ring , prove that is an ideal of .arrow_forward
- 24. If is a commutative ring and is a fixed element of prove that the setis an ideal of . (The set is called the annihilator of in the ring .)arrow_forward44. Consider the set of all matrices of the form, where and are real numbers, with the same rules for addition and multiplication as in. a. Show that is a ring that does not have a unity. b. Show that is not a commutative ring.arrow_forwardExercises Prove Theorem 5.3:A subset S of the ring R is a subring of R if and only if these conditions are satisfied: S is nonempty. xS and yS imply that x+y and xy are in S. xS implies xS.arrow_forward
- An element in a ring is idempotent if . Prove that a division ring must contain exactly two idempotent e elements.arrow_forwardLet R be a commutative ring with unity whose only ideals are {0} and R Prove that R is a field.(Hint: See Exercise 30.)arrow_forward25. Figure 6.3 gives addition and multiplication tables for the ring in Exercise 34 of section 5.1. Use these tables, together with addition and multiplication tables for to find an isomorphism from toarrow_forward
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