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Past exam of the galois theory course of the University of Oxford 2023 2 d Solution by
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Denote the three stated pair sums by . They are pairwise distinct: for example,and the other differences factor similarly. Every Galois automorphism fixes each , and hence fixes each of the three corresponding partitions of four roots into two pairs. The kernel of the permutation action on these partitions isThus embeds in the Klein four-group. By part (a), divides , and the containing group has order four. ConsequentlyThis Split resolvent criterion for a Klein four Galois group uses the cubic resolvent of a quartic. The pair-sum differences remain nonzero in characteristic two, so this proof does not need the missing characteristic assumption from part (c).
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