So the problem is if H and K are subgroups of G with HK = {hk \in G| h \in H, k \in K}. If we know that H\capK = <e>, show |HK|= |H||K|
My work so far:
h, j \in H
k,l \in K
i know that if hk = jl then j^{-1}h = lk^{-1}
But I'm not sure what to do from here.
How would we show that R X R X R X R is not isomorphic to M(R) with R being the set of real numbers.
And more generally, what does it mean for one ring not to be isomorphic to another