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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 ii Paper 3 18J d Solution by
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Let . Sincepart (b) gives . The roots of are , all in , so is its splitting field and is Galois. Its action on the four roots is transitive; the order-eight entry in the list from part (a) is . Therefore
For an explicit dihedral Galois action on four radical roots, defineThen and . The subgroup lattice is determined byHere lies in all three order-four subgroups; lie in ; and lie in .
Reversing inclusions under the Galois correspondence gives the complete field latticeThe incidence is likewise reversed: lies in ; lies in that field, , and ; and lies in that field, , and . The hint verifies the last two quartic fields through and .
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