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Appendix C Theory

0.1 Sets and functions

Theorem 0.1.23 Invertible is equivalent to bijective

1.1 Groups

Proposition 1.1.7 Product group
Proposition 1.1.8 Group properties

1.2 Modular arithmetic

Theorem 1.2.5 Congruence
Theorem 1.2.8 Division algorithm
Proposition 1.2.9 Least residue
Proposition 1.2.10 Modular arithmetic
Corollary 1.2.11 Ring structure of \(\Z/n\Z\)

1.4 Dihedral groups

Theorem 1.4.5 Dihedral group

1.5 Permutations

Proposition 1.5.5 Cycle arithmetic
Theorem 1.5.6 Cycle decomposition
Procedure 1.5.9

1.6 Homomorphisms

Proposition 1.6.3 Homomorphism properties
Proposition 1.6.5 Homomorphisms from \(D_n\)

1.7 Group actions

Theorem 1.7.3 Group actions and homomorphisms

1.8 Subgroups

Proposition 1.8.3
Theorem 1.8.10 Kernel and image
Theorem 1.8.13 Centralizer, normalizer, center

1.9 Cyclic groups

Theorem 1.9.1 Prime factorization formulas
Proposition 1.9.2 Order of group elements
Theorem 1.9.3 Isomorphic cyclic groups
Corollary 1.9.4 Isomorphic cyclic groups
Theorem 1.9.5 Cyclic group equivalence
Theorem 1.9.6 Subgroups of infinite cyclic group
Theorem 1.9.7 Subgroups of finite cyclic group

1.10 Subgroup lattice

Proposition 1.10.1 Intersection of subgroups
Proposition 1.10.3 Subgroup generated by a set

1.11 Cosets and Lagrange’s theorem

Theorem 1.11.7 Cosets and coset space
Theorem 1.11.8 Lagrange’s theorem
Corollary 1.11.11 Cardinality of subgroups
Corollary 1.11.12 Groups of prime cardinality

1.12 Quotient groups

Theorem 1.12.2 Normal subgroups
Theorem 1.12.3 Quotient groups
Corollary 1.12.6 Normality and kernels

1.13 First isomorphism theorem

Theorem 1.13.1 Quotient map: universal property
Theorem 1.13.3 First isomorphism theorem
Lemma 1.13.4 Kernel and injectivity

1.14 Isomorphism theorems: second and third

Proposition 1.14.1 Product of subgroups
Theorem 1.14.2 Second isomorphism theorem
Theorem 1.14.5 Third isomorphism theorem
Corollary 1.14.7 Quotients of quotients

1.15 Fourth isomorphism theorem

Theorem 1.15.1 Fourth isomorphism theorem
Corollary 1.15.2 Fourth isomorphism theorem: quotients

1.16 Alternating subgroup

Theorem 1.16.2 Transpositions generate \(S_n\)
Proposition 1.16.5 Sign map
Theorem 1.16.8 Permutation group representation

1.17 Group actions: stabilizer

Theorem 1.17.3 Stabilizers
Corollary 1.17.5 Action on coset space
Theorem 1.17.6 Cayley’s theorem
Theorem 1.17.7 Subgroups of prime index

1.18 Group actions: orbits

Theorem 1.18.3 Orbit-stabilizer
Theorem 1.18.6 Orbit decomposition theorem
Theorem 1.18.8 Burnside’s lemma

1.19 Class equation

Theorem 1.19.2 Conjugacy and the class equation
Theorem 1.19.6 Center of a \(p\)-group
Corollary 1.19.7 Groups of cardinality \(p^2\)
Theorem 1.19.9 Class equation of \(S_n\)
Corollary 1.19.10 Stabilizers of cycles
Theorem 1.19.12 Simplicity of \(A_n\)

1.20 Sylow theorems: intro

Theorem 1.20.9 Sylow 1
Theorem 1.20.10 Sylow 2
Corollary 1.20.11 \(p\)-Sylow subgroups
Theorem 1.20.12 Sylow 3
Proposition 1.20.14 Action of \(G\) on \(p^k\)-subsets
Corollary 1.20.15 Sylow subgroups exist
Corollary 1.20.16

1.21 Sylow theorems: conclusion of proof

Proposition 1.21.1 Fix point of \(p\)-group action

1.22 Sylow theorems: applications

Theorem 1.22.1 Cauchy’s theorem
Theorem 1.22.2 Groups of cardinality \(pq\)
Theorem 1.22.3 Groups of cardinality \(12\)
Theorem 1.22.4 Groups of cardinality \(p^2q\)
Theorem 1.22.6 Simplicity of groups of cardinality 60
Theorem 1.22.7 Unique simple group of cardinality 60
Corollary 1.22.8 Group of rotational symmetries of the dodecahedron

1.23 Direct products

Theorem 1.23.1 Characterization of direct products
Corollary 1.23.3 Internal direct products of Sylow subgroups
Corollary 1.23.4 Sylow theorems for abelian groups
Theorem 1.23.6 Structure of finite abelian groups: elementary divisors

1.24 Semidirect products

Theorem 1.24.1 Internal semidirect products
Proposition 1.24.3 Homomorphisms from cyclic groups
Proposition 1.24.4 Automorphism groups
Proposition 1.24.5 Isomorphic semidirect products

2.1 Rings

Proposition 2.1.6 Ring properties

2.2 Subrings, units, zero divisors

Theorem 2.2.2 Matrix ring goodies
Proposition 2.2.9 Cancellation of non-zero divisors
Theorem 2.2.10 Finite integral domains

2.3 Group rings, polynomials, power series

Proposition 2.3.8 Polynomial degree properties
Corollary 2.3.10 Intregral polynomial rings

2.4 Hamilton quaternion rings

Theorem 2.4.2 Quaternion conjugation and norm
Corollary 2.4.3 \(\HH\) is a division ring

2.5 Ring homomorphisms and ideals

Proposition 2.5.3 Ring homomorphisms
Theorem 2.5.6 Ring homomorphisms from \(\Z\)
Theorem 2.5.7 Polynomial ring homomorphisms
Proposition 2.5.15 Ideals
Proposition 2.5.17 Generated ideals
Corollary 2.5.18 Generated ideals and kernels
Proposition 2.5.21 Characteristic \(p\text{:}\) first-year’s dream
Proposition 2.5.25 Homomorphisms from simple rings

2.6 Quotient rings and isomorphism theorems

Theorem 2.6.2 Quotient map: universal property
Corollary 2.6.4 Quotient ring homomorphisms
Theorem 2.6.6 Isomorphism theorems for rings

2.7 Prime and maximal ideals

Theorem 2.7.6 Prime and maximal ideals
Theorem 2.7.10 Zorn’s lemma
Theorem 2.7.12 Maximal ideals exist

2.8 Case study: polynomial rings

Theorem 2.8.1 Division algorithm for polynomials
Theorem 2.8.3 Quotients of polynomial rings
Theorem 2.8.6 Polynomial ring over a field
Theorem 2.8.10 Prime and maximal ideals of \(F[x]\)
Corollary 2.8.12 Quotient fields of \(F[x]\)
Theorem 2.8.19 Degree and distinct roots
Corollary 2.8.20 Finite multiplicative subgroups of fields

2.9 Chinese remainder theorem

Theorem 2.9.2 Chinese remainder theorem (CRT)
Corollary 2.9.3 CRT for unit groups
Proposition 2.9.4 Coprime prime ideals in PID
Theorem 2.9.5 CRT: integers
Corollary 2.9.9 Euler’s totient function
Corollary 2.9.10 Coprime ideals: monic irreducibles

2.10 Localizations and fraction fields

Proposition 2.10.4 Localization map
Theorem 2.10.6 Fraction field
Theorem 2.10.9 Mapping property of localizations
Corollary 2.10.10 Mapping property of localizations
Corollary 2.10.11 Fraction field mapping property
Proposition 2.10.14 Kernel of \(\phi^*\)
Theorem 2.10.18 Localizations and ideals
Corollary 2.10.20 Prime ideals of \(\Z[x]\)

2.11 Euclidean domains

Theorem 2.11.3 Euclidean domains are principal
Proposition 2.11.7 GCDs and LCMs
Corollary 2.11.8 GCDs and LCMs
Theorem 2.11.9 Euclidean algorithm

2.12 PIDs and UFDs

Proposition 2.12.1 Prime implies irreducible
Theorem 2.12.2 PIDs
Theorem 2.12.5 UFDs
Proposition 2.12.7 Valuation at irreducible
Proposition 2.12.9 Irreducible factorization and divisibility
Theorem 2.12.10 PID implies UFD
Lemma 2.12.11 Uniqueness of factorizations

2.13 Gaussian integers

Proposition 2.13.3 Norm and quadratic rings of integers
Corollary 2.13.4 Existence of factorizations in quadratic rings of integers
Theorem 2.13.5 Factorization of integer primes in \(\Z[i]\)
Corollary 2.13.7 Irreducible elements of \(\Z[i]\)
Corollary 2.13.9 Sums of two squares

2.14 Gauss’s lemma

Proposition 2.14.2 Primitive decompositions
Corollary 2.14.3 Gauss’s lemma
Corollary 2.14.4 Rational roots theorem
Theorem 2.14.5 Irreducible polynomials over UFDs
Theorem 2.14.6 UFD preservation in polynomial rings

2.15 Multivariate polynomial rings and monoid algebras

Theorem 2.15.1 Polynomial UFDs
Proposition 2.15.3 Monomial expansion
Theorem 2.15.4 Homomorphisms from \(R[\boldx]\)
Theorem 2.15.6 Hilbert’s basis theorem
Corollary 2.15.7 Noetherian polynomial rings
Proposition 2.15.10 Total degree

2.16 Factorization over integral domains

Lemma 2.16.1
Theorem 2.16.2 Reduction modulo \(I\)
Theorem 2.16.7 Eisenstein’s criterion
Theorem 2.16.10 Cyclotomic polynomial: \(p\) prime

2.17 Modules

Procedure 2.17.6 Submodule verification
Proposition 2.17.8 Submodule constructions
Theorem 2.17.12 The isomorphism theorems for modules

2.18 Direct sums and free modules

Theorem 2.18.1 Mapping properties of direct sums and products
Theorem 2.18.3 Mapping property of free modules
Corollary 2.18.7 Free modules and bases
Corollary 2.18.8 Isomorphic free modules

2.19 PID-module structure theorems: statements

Theorem 2.19.2 PID-module theorem: invariant factors
Corollary 2.19.5 PID-modules theorem: free if and only if torsion free
Theorem 2.19.7 PID-module theorem: elementary divisors
Corollary 2.19.9 Finitely generated abelian groups

2.20 PID-module structure theorems: proofs

Theorem 2.20.1 PID-module \(p\)-primary components
Theorem 2.20.3 PID-module theorem: aligned bases
Theorem 2.20.8 Finitely generated modules over Noetherian ring
Proposition 2.20.9 Finite presentations over PID
Proposition 2.20.11 Standard matrices
Theorem 2.20.13 Smith normal form
Procedure 2.20.17 Smith normal form: Euclidean domains

2.21 PID-module structure theorems: Jordan canonical forms

Proposition 2.21.1 Modules over a polynomial ring
Theorem 2.21.4 Jordan decomposition
Corollary 2.21.5