A2.4 B2.3

Groups, Rings and Fields | Part II, 2004

(i) State Gauss' Lemma on polynomial irreducibility. State and prove Eisenstein's criterion.

(ii) Which of the following polynomials are irreducible over Q\mathbb{Q} ? Justify your answers.

(a) x7−3x3+18x+12x^{7}-3 x^{3}+18 x+12

(b) x4−4x3+11x2−3x−5x^{4}-4 x^{3}+11 x^{2}-3 x-5

(c) 1+x+x2+…+xp−11+x+x^{2}+\ldots+x^{p-1} with pp prime

[Hint: consider substituting y=x−1y=x-1.]

(d) xn+px+p2x^{n}+p x+p^{2} with pp prime.

[Hint: show any factor has degree at least two, and consider powers of pp dividing coefficients.]

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