Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-algebra-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2008/a/1/i/solution

An algebra homomorphism is a -linear map preserving multiplication, and preserving the unit under the unital convention. An algebra isomorphism is a bijective algebra homomorphism; its inverse then preserves the same operations.
A commutative domain algebra may map into a noncommutative target: take , , and . This is even an injective unital homomorphism. The matrix factor makes the target noncommutative over every field, since .

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