Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2018 ii Paper 3 18I b i Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03
Every permutes the factors:Thus all coefficients lie in the fixed field . Let be the field they generate over . ThenBecause and has degree with root ,Part (a) and the tower law for field extensions giveConsequently , soThis is the coefficients of an orbit polynomial for a primitive generator result.