3.II.18H

Galois Theory | Part II, 2006

Let KK be a field and mm a positive integer, not divisible by the characteristic of KK. Let LL be the splitting field of the polynomial Xm1X^{m}-1 over KK. Show that Gal(L/K)\operatorname{Gal}(L / K) is isomorphic to a subgroup of (Z/mZ)(\mathbb{Z} / m \mathbb{Z})^{*}.

Now assume that KK is a finite field with qq elements. Show that [L:K][L: K] is equal to the order of the residue class of qq in the group (Z/mZ)(\mathbb{Z} / m \mathbb{Z})^{*}. Hence or otherwise show that the splitting field of X111X^{11}-1 over F4\mathbb{F}_{4} has degree 5 .

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