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Maximal real subfield of the fifth cyclotomic field
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Maximal real subfield of the fifth cyclotomic field
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2026-10-03
For
a
primitive fifth
root
ζ
5
, the element
s
=
ζ
5
+
ζ
5
−
1
satisfies
s
2
+
s
−
1
=
0
. Thus the
fixed field
of complex
conjugation
is
Q
(
s
)
=
Q
(
5
)
.
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