Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2018/ib/paper-3/11g/c/solution

Translate the variable by one:
This satisfies Eisenstein criterion with : every nonleading coefficient is divisible by , while . Translation is an automorphism of a polynomial ring, so it preserves irreducibility. Hence is irreducible over .

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