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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2011 ii Paper 4 18H iv Solution by
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Over , takeIts roots are . For , its inverse is , so both square roots belong to . Since has degree four, is irreducible and this field is its splitting field. Independently changing the signs of the two square roots gives its Galois group , which is abelian and satisfies the hypothesis.
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