Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-options-ii-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2004/b/b2/c/solution

Over ,
The quadratic discriminant is , while the squares modulo five are . Thus that factor is irreducible. Adjoining either quadratic root creates a degree-two extension and supplies the other root by the sum-of-roots relation. Consequently the splitting field is and .

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