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Problem 1
Prove that the real field R contains infinitely many different sub-fields.
Problem 2
Let r and s 6= 0 be given real numbers. We define two operations on the set
R × R as follows:
Problem 3
Problem 4
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Problem 5
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Prove that {a + b 2 + c 3 + d 6 | a, b, c, d ∈ Q} with the usual addition
and multiplication of real numbers, a field.
Problem 6
Is K a field?
Problem 7
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Find two elements c, d 6= ±1 in the field Q( 5) that satisfy the equation
cd = 19.
Problem 8
Problem 9
Find two polynomials u(X) and v(X) over the field Z2 that satisfy:
X 5 + X 2 = (X 3 + X + 1)u(X) + v(X).
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Problem 10
Let a ∈ C be a complex number that satisfies |a| < 1. Find the set of all
the complex numbers z that satisfy |z − a| ≤ |1 − az|.
Problem 11
Problem 12
Problem 13
Problem 14
16 · Z 4 + 32 · Z 3 + 24 · Z 2 + 8 · Z + 17.
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(b) Find a complex number z that satisfies |z| + z = 2 − i.
(d) Let z1 , z2 and z3 be different complex numbers that satisfy |z1 | = |z2 | =
|z3 | = 1 and z1 + z2 + z3 = 0. Prove that these numbers represent in the
plan the vertices of a triangle whose edges are equal to one another.
(e) Let z1 , z2 and z3 be complex numbers that satisfy |z1 | = |z2 | = |z3 | = 1.
Prove that,
|z1 z2 + z1 z3 + z2 z3 | = |z1 + z2 + z3 |.
(f) Compute the following sum
Problem 15
Find real numbers a, b, c, d and e so that the graph of the function P (X) =
aX 4 + bX 3 + cX 2 + dX + e passes through the points (1, 2), (−1, 6), (−2, 38)
and (2, 6) and so that P 0 (3) = 0.
Problem 16
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Prove that for any complex number z = a + bi we have 2|z| ≥ |a| + |b|.
Problem 17
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Problem 18
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i) Find all the complex numbers that satisfy (a + bi)2 = (1/2)(1 + i 3).
ii) Prove that for any z1 , z2 ∈ C we have
|z1 |2 + |z2 |2 − z1 z 2 − z 1 z2 = |z1 − z2 |2 .
Problem 19
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Problem 21
Use vector addition and multiplication by scalar in order to prove the fol-
lowing fact in geometry:
Let ABC be a triangle. Let P be the midpoint of AC and Q be the midpoint
of BC. Then the segment P Q is parallel to the edge AB and its length is
half of the length of AB.
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Problem 22