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#1 2016-03-15 16:34:39

mrpace
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Find all distinct subgroups of <32> in <Z60, +60>

My answer is <0>, <12>, <20>, <32>
Is this correct?

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#2 2016-03-16 01:24:58

Bob
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Re: Find all distinct subgroups of <32> in <Z60, +60>

hi mrpace,

I'm not understanding your notation here.  Would you be able to provide a simple example, say,  what is <3> ?

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#3 2016-03-16 04:57:48

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Re: Find all distinct subgroups of <32> in <Z60, +60>


Why does Bob Bundy always ask silly questions? neutral


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#4 2016-03-16 07:24:59

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Re: Find all distinct subgroups of <32> in <Z60, +60>

mrpace wrote:

My answer is <0>, <12>, <20>, <32>
Is this correct?

Looks good to me. As a subgroup of the given group, <32> = <4> is cyclic of order 15, and a cyclic group of order 15 has precisely four subgroups.

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#5 2016-03-16 12:09:35

mrpace
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Re: Find all distinct subgroups of <32> in <Z60, +60>

Nehushtan wrote:
mrpace wrote:

My answer is <0>, <12>, <20>, <32>
Is this correct?

Looks good to me. As a subgroup of the given group, <32> = <4> is cyclic of order 15, and a cyclic group of order 15 has precisely four subgroups.

Thanks mate.

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#6 2016-03-17 06:44:25

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Re: Find all distinct subgroups of <32> in <Z60, +60>

Why does Bob Bundy always ask silly questions?

Hmmm, is any question silly?  mammym used to tell me that not to ask a question was a mistake.

I remember the first time Big Bob Bundy came in here... I thought to myself I am going to have a bit of fun with this fellow, see what he is made of so to speak. I tried the same thing with gAr and boy they taught me a thing or two. I do not try that anymore, why pull on a lion's tail? Yesterday, I had a bear chase me out of a national park. Bears are a lot faster than gators... Bear and Bundy both begin with the letter B, so maybe there is a lesson to be learned there.


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#7 2016-03-17 20:26:39

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Re: Find all distinct subgroups of <32> in <Z60, +60>

hi Nehushtan,

Thank you very much for clarifying the question for me.  It was certainly helpful, because I was then able to do this:

Elements of <32> generated in order = {32, 4, 36, 8, 40, 12, 44, 16, 48, 20, 52, 24, 56, 28, 0}

There are 15 so the only possible subgroups must have order 1, 3, 5, or 15.

If a = 36

will form a subgroup of order 5 and

if b = 40

will form one of order 3.

Thus we have

<0>,
<12> = <24> = <36> = <48>
<20> = <40>

And all other elements generate <32>

Bob


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#8 2016-03-18 12:48:01

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Re: Find all distinct subgroups of <32> in <Z60, +60>

Nehushtan wrote:

Why does Bob Bundy always ask silly questions? neutral

Hi Nehushtan;

The notation, familiar, he was not. silly questions, there aren't any. By asking, cleverer one becomes.

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