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Constructibility of the real seventeenth cyclotomic field

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The real cyclotomic field
Q(ζ17​+ζ17−1​)
(1)
is Galois of degree eight with cyclic Galois group (Z/17Z)×/{±1}. A subgroup chain of successive index two gives a tower of three quadratic extensions, proving that cos(2π/17) is constructible.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2025 / ii / Paper 4 / 18J / b / Solution

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