How many surjective homomorphisms are there from ZZ_10 onto ZZ_5 ?

1 Answer
Dec 31, 2017

There are 4

Explanation:

The (group) homomorphisms from ZZ_10 onto ZZ_5 are determined by the value to which hat(1) is mapped (since hat(1) generates ZZ_10). Any of the 4 non-zero members of ZZ_5 are possible, since they are all of order 5 and generate ZZ_5.

So there are 4 possible surjective homomorphisms.