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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2010 ii Paper 3 18H i Solution by
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Choose the radicals with positive imaginary part. The roots of unity areThe first comes from . For the second, obeys , so ; solving gives the displayed expression. The Kummer extension towers areEach step is quadratic and the base contains the second roots of unity. The second tower really has degrees : its intermediate field is real, while the added radical is nonreal, and belongs to the cyclotomic field.
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