B3.6

Galois Theory | Part II, 2004

Let KK be a field, and GG a finite subgroup of KK^{*}. Show that GG is cyclic.

Define the cyclotomic polynomials Φm\Phi_{m}, and show from your definition that

Xm1=dmΦd(X)X^{m}-1=\prod_{d \mid m} \Phi_{d}(X)

Deduce that Φm\Phi_{m} is a polynomial with integer coefficients.

Let pp be a prime with (m,p)=1(m, p)=1. Let Φmf1fr(modp)\Phi_{m} \equiv f_{1} \ldots f_{r} \quad(\bmod p), where fiFp[X]f_{i} \in \mathbb{F}_{p}[X] are irreducible. Show that for each ii the degree of fif_{i} is equal to the order of pp in the group (Z/mZ)(\mathbb{Z} / m \mathbb{Z})^{*}.

Use this to write down an irreducible polynomial of degree 10 over F2\mathbb{F}_{2}.

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