Solution

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Over ,
Both quadratics have discriminant , a nonsquare in , so are irreducible polynomials. Both split in the same quadratic finite field . Consequently . Its generator is the finite-field Frobenius automorphism , acting as a product of two transpositions on the four roots.

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