 Cyclic Galois extension of the rational numbers of every finite degree (source code)

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= Cyclic Galois extension of the rational numbers of every finite degree

For $r>1$, choose a prime $\ell\equiv1\pmod r$ by Dirichlet's theorem. The cyclic group
$$
\operatorname{Gal}(\mathbb Q(\zeta_\ell)/\mathbb Q)
\cong C_{\ell-1}
$$
has a subgroup of index $r$, whose fixed field is cyclic Galois of degree $r$ over $\mathbb Q$.

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