No of Homomorphisms

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January 28th 2010, 08:22 PM
Chandru1

No of Homomorphisms

Find the no of ring homomorphisms $f: \mathbb{Z} \to \mathbb{Z}_{30}$
January 29th 2010, 04:01 AM
NonCommAlg

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Originally Posted by Chandru1

Find the no of ring homomorphisms $f: \mathbb{Z} \to \mathbb{Z}_{30}$

Hint: look at $f(1).$ the number of ring homomorphisms is the number of roots of the equation $x^2=x$ in $\mathbb{Z}/30\mathbb{Z}.$

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