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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2020 ii Paper 3 18G b Solution by
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The eleventh cyclotomic field hasThe cyclic group has exactly one subgroup of each order . The Galois correspondence therefore gives exactly four subfields:The Quadratic Gaussian period in the eleventh cyclotomic field satisfies , while generates the maximal real subfield of the eleventh cyclotomic field. Every subgroup of the abelian Galois group is normal, so all four subfields are Galois over .
Each nontrivial proper subfield has prime degree, two or five. If , then , and the tower law forces . Thus every such element is a primitive element. The displayed and are the requested examples. Finally, itself is a primitive element for .
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