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Assignment - Exercise about Abstract Algebra Ring Theory
1. (a) Can you deduce if 2x + 1 is invertible in Z3[x]/(x2 + 2x + 2)? In case of a positive answer, give its inverse.
(b) Can you deduce if x + 2 is invertible in Z3[x]/(x2 + 2x + 2)? In case of a positive answer, give its inverse.
(c) Check that all the inverses you found are, indeed, inverses.
2. (a) How many monic polynomials are there in Z3[x] of degree2?
(b) What are the monic irreducible polynomials of Z3[x] of degree 2? Explain your answer.
(c) Choose one of the irreducible polynomials of the previous section and call it f. How many elements are there in Z3/(f)?
(d) How many elements are there in Z9?
(e) How many invertible elements are there in Z3/(f)? Give an invertible element of Z3/(f) different than 1 and give its inverse.
(f) How many invertible elements are there in Z9? Give an invertible element of Z9 different than 1 and give its inverse.
(g) Give a primitive element of Z3/(f) and write all its different powers in polynomial form.
(h) Give a primitive element of Z9 and write all its different powers.