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Past exam of the options II course of the University of Oxford
/
2006
/
B
/
2
/
c
/
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2026-10-31
Factor
x
4
−
x
2
−
2
=
(
x
2
−
2
)
(
x
2
+
1
)
.
(1)
The
roots
are
±
2
,
±
i
, so the
splitting field
is
Q
(
2
,
i
)
. The real quadratic
field
Q
(
2
)
does not contain
i
, which adds
a
further degree two. Therefore
[
Q
(
2
,
i
)
:
Q
]
=
4.
(2)
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