Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2010/iii/paper-24/2/b/iv/solution

False. Use the polynomial , with splitting field , , and label the polynomial roots . Take . Then
Both and are p-adic units, also when . Hence zero is the uniquely closest polynomial root, but , because . The polynomial need not be irreducible in the given setup. The inclusion established by Krasner's lemma goes in the direction in part (iii), not its converse.

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