Explain why in the following cases the subset X is not a subgroup of the group G: (i) G = Z, X is the set of odd integers (note that the group is additive!); (ii) G = GLn(R), X is the set of matrices A with | det A| ≤ 1; (iii) G = R \ {0}, X = {x ̸= 0, |x| ≤ 1};

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Explain why in the following cases the subset X is not a subgroup of the
group G:
(i) G = Z, X is the set of odd integers (note that the group is additive!);
(ii) G = GLn(R), X is the set of matrices A with | det A| ≤ 1;
(iii) G = R \ {0}, X = {x ̸= 0, |x| ≤ 1};
(iv) G = Sn, X is the set of all elements of order ≤ 2;
(v) G = Sn, X is the set of all odd permutations

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