Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-algebra-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2010/a/3/c/i/solution

True. Every group of order four is Abelian: if it has an element of order four it is cyclic; otherwise every nonidentity element has order two and , while , so .
Over , the Maschke theorem and the Artin–Wedderburn theorem give
Since is Abelian, this algebra is commutative, forcing every . Its dimension is four, so . Each factor contributes one simple module; therefore there are exactly four up to isomorphism.

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