Solution

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Eisenstein criterion states that if
has a prime number such that , for every , and , then is irreducible over .
After dividing out the polynomial content, suppose for contradiction that the resulting primitive polynomial factors as with positive-degree , using Gauss lemma for polynomials. Reduction modulo gives , so in the polynomial ring both and are monomials. Because both factors have positive degree, their constant coefficients are divisible by . Their product is then divisible by , a contradiction.

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