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This document is a problem set for the Math Methods for Physics 2 course at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, due on October 24, 2023. It includes questions on group theory, symmetry groups, properties of finite groups, and proofs of the Cayley and Lagrange theorems. Students are required to analyze various mathematical structures and demonstrate their understanding of group operations and properties.

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Problemset 3

This document is a problem set for the Math Methods for Physics 2 course at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, due on October 24, 2023. It includes questions on group theory, symmetry groups, properties of finite groups, and proofs of the Cayley and Lagrange theorems. Students are required to analyze various mathematical structures and demonstrate their understanding of group operations and properties.

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Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Department of Physics
Math Methods for Physics 2 (PH30207)
Problem set - 3

Submission date: Tuesday 24th October, 2023

Q1: Find which of the following form a group (check the group operation, associative property
and other axioms),
(a) All real numbers with group operation as multiplication,
(b) All real numbers with group operation as addition,
(c) All complex numbers except zero with group operation as multiplication,
(d) All positive rational numbers with group operation as division (for a * b = a/b),
(e) Group of integers with group operation as subtraction.

Q2: Find the symmetry group of,


(a) Regular Tetrahedron,
(b) Regular Hexagon

Q3: Show that the following statements are true,


(a) For finite groups the order of an element divides the order of the group.
(b) Show that the groups which have prime number order are cyclic.
(c) Show using the re-arrangement theorem that the only possible groups of order 4 must be
abelian.
(d) There is a unique inverse to each element in the group.
(e) The identity element in a group is unique.

Q4: Find the conjugate classes of the symmetry groups S4 and S5 .

Q5: In class we have discussed about the Cayley theorem and the Lagrange theorem. Write
down the proofs for these theorems using the concepts discussed in the classes.

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