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Past exam of the algebra 2 course of the University of Oxford 2014 2 c ii Solution by
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Eisenstein's criterion states that an integer-coefficient polynomial is irreducible over if some prime number divides every nonleading coefficient, does not divide the leading coefficient, and its square does not divide the constant coefficient. Equivalently apply this to the primitive part when phrased for primitive polynomials.
Take . Every nonleading coefficient of is divisible by (including the zero coefficients), its leading coefficient is , and its constant coefficient is not divisible by . Therefore
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