Let $ G$ be an infinite compact topological group with a Hausdorff topology. Prove that $ G$ contains an element $ g \not\equal{} 1$ such that the set of all powers of $ g$ is either everywhere dense in $ G$ or nowhere dense in $ G$. [i]J. Erdos[/i]

Let $K\subseteq \mathbb C$ be a field with the operations from $\mathbb C$ s.t. i) K has exactly two endomorphisms, namely f and g ii) if f(x)=g(x) then $x\in\mathbb Q$. Prove that there exists an integer $d\neq 1$ free from squares so that $K=\mathbb Q(\sqrt d)$.

Let $A$ be a ring. $a)$ Show that the set $Z(A)=\{a\in A|ax=xa,\ \text{for all}\ x\in A\}$ is a subring of the ring $A$. $b)$ Prove that, if any commutative subring of $A$ is a field, then $A$ is a field.

Let $A$ be an abelian additive group such that all nonzero elements have infinite order and for each prime number $p$ we have the inequality $|A/pA|\leq p$, where $pA = \{pa |a \in A\}$, $pa = a+a+\cdots+a$ (where the sum has $p$ summands) and $|A/pA|$ is the order of the quotient group $A/pA$ (the index of the subgroup $pA$). Prove that each subgroup of $A$ of finite index is isomorphic to $A$.

Let $ m $ be a non-negative ineger, $ n\ge 2 $ be a natural number, $ A $ be a ring which has exactly $ n $ elements, and an element $ a $ of $ A $ such that $ 1-a^k $ is invertible, for all $ k\in\{ m+1,m+2,...,m+n-1\} . $ Prove that $ a $ is nilpotent.

Consider the following statement: for any permutation $\pi_1\not=\mathbb{I}$ of $\{1,2,...,n\}$ there is a permutation $\pi_2$ such that any permutation on these numbers can be obtained by a finite compostion of $\pi_1$ and $\pi_2$. (a) Prove the statement for $n=3$ and $n=5$. (b) Disprove the statement for $n=4$.

Let $\mathcal K$ be a field with $2^{n}$ elements, $n \in \mathbb N^\ast$, and $f$ be the polynomial $X^{4}+X+1$. Prove that: (a) if $n$ is even, then $f$ is reducible in $\mathcal K[X]$; (b) if $n$ is odd, then $f$ is irreducible in $\mathcal K[X]$. [hide="Remark."]I saw the official solution and it wasn't that difficult, but I just couldn't solve this bloody problem.[/hide]

For a group $\left( G, \star \right)$ and $A, B$ two non-void subsets of $G$, we define $A \star B = \left\{ a \star b : a \in A \ \text{and}\ b \in B \right\}$. (a) Prove that if $n \in \mathbb N, \, n \geq 3$, then the group $\left( \mathbb Z \slash n \mathbb Z,+\right)$ can be writen as $\mathbb Z \slash n \mathbb Z = A+B$, where $A, B$ are two non-void subsets of $\mathbb Z \slash n \mathbb Z$ and $A \neq \mathbb Z \slash n \mathbb Z, \, B \neq \mathbb Z \slash n \mathbb Z, \, \left| A \cap B \right| = 1$. (b) If $\left( G, \star \right)$ is a finite group, $A, B$ are two subsets of $G$ and $a \in G \setminus \left( A \star B \right)$, then prove that function $f : A \to G \setminus B$ given by $f(x) = x^{-1}\star a$ is well-defined and injective. Deduce that if $|A|+|B| > |G|$, then $G = A \star B$. [hide="Question."]Does the last result have a name?[/hide]

Let $\displaystyle \mathcal K$ be a finite field. Prove that the following statements are equivalent: (a) $\displaystyle 1+1=0$; (b) for all $\displaystyle f \in \mathcal K \left[ X \right]$ with $\displaystyle \textrm{deg} \, f \geq 1$, $\displaystyle f \left( X^2 \right)$ is reducible.

Let $ G $ be a finite group of odd order having, at least, three elements. For $ a\in G $ denote $ n(a) $ as the number of ways $ a $ can be written as a product of two distinct elements of $ G. $ Prove that $ \sum_{\substack{a\in G\\a\neq\text{id}}} n(a) $ is a perfect square.

Prove that the number of nilpotent elements of a commutative ring with an order greater than $ 8 $ and congruent to $ 3 $ modulo $ 6 $ is at most a third of the order of the ring.

a) If $K$ is a finite extension of the field $F$ and $K=F(\alpha,\beta)$ show that $[K: F]\leq [F(\alpha): F][F(\beta): F]$ b) If $gcd([F(\alpha): F],[F(\beta): F])=1$ then does the above inequality always become equality? c) By giving an example show that if $gcd([F(\alpha): F],[F(\beta): F])\neq 1$ then equality might happen.

Let $K$ be a finite field, $n \ge 2$ an integer, $f \in K[X]$ an irreducible polynomial of degree $n,$ and $g$ the product of all the nonconstant polynomials in $K[X]$ of degree at most $n-1.$ Prove that $f$ divides $g-1.$

Let $R$ be a ring where $\forall a\in R: a^2=0$. Prove that $abc+abc=0$ for all $a,b,c\in R$.

Let be a ring that has the property that all its elements are the product of two idempotent elements of it. Show that: [b]a)[/b] $ 1 $ is the only unit of this ring. [b]b)[/b] this ring is Boolean.

Prove that a nontrivial finite ring is not a skew field if and only if the equation $ x^n+y^n=z^n $ has nontrivial solutions in this ring for any natural number $ n. $